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Titolo: [Pit-Radio] BRA - FIA press release - Brazilian GP

FIA press release - Brazilian GP
 
1. David Coulthard (McLaren) 1hr 39mins 00.384 seconds
2. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) +16.164 seconds
3. Nick Heidfeld (Sauber) + one lap 
Q. David, I saw you jigging around on the podium. It must have meant
an awful lot for you, this win. But talk me through the move you
pulled on Michael going through that first corner. 
DC: Well it was incredibly difficult conditions when we were in all
that traffic. And to be honest you couldn't see anything of the car in
front. So you had to put a great deal of trust in the other drivers to
still keep it flat. I think Michael must have lifted through the left
hand kink onto the straight and then it was quite straight forward to
just slipstream past him. You know we had decided this time with the
changeable weather, we would compromise the set up a little bit for
the dry to try and make sure that I was in good shape for the damp.
And although it was a bit of a struggle to stay with them at the
beginning of the race, once it was damp the car was working very well.
So I have to say a big thank you to the team. 
Q. Now in the early half of the race, before you made the move on
Michael, you were running third behind Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael,
and stuck in behind them. What were your tactics going to be at that
stage? Did you know rain was coming? 
DC: Praying for the rain, because I knew I had made some changes to
the car with my engineer to help the car for the wet conditions. And
we were getting reports of an increasing percentage chance of rain.
And I just didn't want to be the one to get caught out again in those
conditions. I didn't want to be the first to pit. I waited for Michael
to do that. But, once I was out I was obviously able to get past him
quite easily. And you know I think my engineer, Phil and Mark and all
the guys did a good job setting up the car. So it's very satisfying to
win this race. I know it was maybe slightly fortunate because Montoya
was going very strong. But I still think in the wet we would have been
in great shape. 
Q. Michael, could you talk me through the move - just after the
restart when the safety car came in after the end of lap 2 - when Juan
Pablo Montoya made a move on you. 
MS: Pretty easy, I mean he had quite a lot of straight line speed in
comparison to us. The problem here is that you have a very long
straight from the last corner to the start and finish line. So you
have to give a lot of time for the safety car to go up front before
you can really start to push. And it means you only have this last
corner and the guy is able to stay very close to you from there, and
its very easy to take the slipstream and go in the first corner.
Although I thought I was in front enough to keep in front, but then he
must have braked very late and he just got it right. I mean he pushed
me wide in the exit, which is pretty normal racing. We touched a bit,
but no problem with that. And then I thought I could have another run
at him at a later stage, but I never got really in that position. 
Q. Later in the race when the rain had come, you went out on
intermediates as you did in rather different circumstances in Malaysia
last time out. But then it became clear that you weren't able to make
any gains on David. Did it ever cross your mind to take the gamble and
come in and fit dry tyres again, because you had Heinz-Harald Frentzen
an awfully long way behind you at that stage? 
MS: No. There was no way to go with dry tyres - it was far too wet. 
Q. Nick Heidfeld, congratulations - your first visit, third place for
Sauber. An excellent performance. You were very, very fast in the wet,
getting past Jarno Trulli. Was this because you had guessed before the
race that it was going to rain? 
NH: No, we went for a normal dry set up, but I think Jarno was on wet
tyres. I am not sure, but when I followed him it looked like he was on
wet tyres. Because earlier on when it was wet, he passed me, and later
on I was quicker. 
Q. Then Heinz-Harald Frentzen, ahead of you, retired and you were up
to third place. What does it mean to be up on the podium for the first
time? 
NH: I mean its incredible for me and I am really happy for all the
team, who put a lot of effort in it. To be honest I think I didn't
realise right now, because for me now to be on the podium is really
amazing. 
Q. David, three races gone. Michael leads the championship on 26
points, you're now six behind on twenty, and your team mate Mika
Hakkinen has only one. Does this now change your position within the
team? Do you think they will put their full weight behind you for the
San Marino Grand Prix? 
DC: You know I think the team provide two equal cars anyway, so I
don't really think that is an issue. And equally I think you count
your championship position at the end of the season, not at the
beginning. So there is a long way to go, a lot of work to be done. But
I am just delighted that I was able to get my tenth victory here. It's
my sister's birthday. She asked me for a win for her birthday, so it's
the best present I could give her. So I am really overjoyed. You know
this is definitely the best feeling I have had in a Grand Prix
victory. 
 
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 still keep it flat........
Eh, eh, eh......
Ciao.
Lighton

 Eh, eh, eh......
E' grande quando fa il paraculo
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