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Titolo: [Pit-Radio] EUR - FIA press release - European GP

FIA press release - European GP
 
Q: Your fifth win of the season, your second here at home; you must be
absolutely delighted&ldots;
Michael Schumacher: Yes, certainly I am. Nothing better can happen
than winning your home Grand Prix. We have had a superb weekend, we
got pole position, we got the win, we had a nice race again together,
Ralf and myself, until the stop and go, so it was quite an
entertaining weekend - a tough weekend as well. Because in the end
Juan Pablo was coming and pushing, so in this respect, we are very
delighted to have finished where we did. 
Q: What happened with the T-car on the warm-up lap?
MS: We had a problem in the warm-up. Precautionwise, we changed some
parts and we just wanted to do an installation lap. During the
installation lap, something failed, I don't know what it was, and I
had to stop. And it was at the worst point, obviously, because it was
very far away from the pits, so I was wondering how to get back. I
didn't see a scooter, just this scooter without a key, so I was lucky,
suddenly a man appeared and gave me the key so I got going. Obviously,
at this moment I thought that I should have enough time but you never
know. You don't have time to watch on your watch. It's a strange
feeling, stopping down there, and seeing your chances slipping away. 
Q: It was a much tougher battle with Ralf this week, do you feel you
can harder with Ralf because he's your brother?
MS: No, it's not more tough. No, we drive very close to the edge as
you have to do. I would do this to anyone, honestly, and he doesn't
give presents to me either, because we both work for different teams.
If you look back to past races, we made it very difficult for each
other. That's the way it is. We always leave room to survive for the
other one. So I always look forward to some degree to fight against my
brother because then, to be honest, it doesn't matter who wins in the
end, to some degree. It was obviously a hard decision for Ralf to get
this stop and go penalty, for, as I heard, just half the car passing
the white line. It's quite a strong decision, which destroyed his
race. Honestly, we struggled with the first set of tyres, we were a
bit slow but then when we got the second set of tyres, things were
sorted, we changed the balance of the car and I was much much faster.
So I think under normal circumstances, we should have been able to do
it, but it would have been a very close battle. 
Q: Juan Pablo, your second second place and fastest lap of the race.
Does this silence the critics?
Juan Pablo Montoya: You know the critics don't matter me to be honest.
We have been trying very hard. The car was very competitive. Yesterday
I was good in qualifying, I got a third, and today things started to
turn my way. I had pretty good luck. The first few laps of the race I
took it really steady. I knew Ralf and Michael were going to go, and I
said 'take a couple of laps, get into it and just build up the pace
slowly' and the car was really quick.
Q: Before the second stop, you went a lot quick. Why?
JPM: Just pushing you know. There was room in the car to go quick. The
car was very positive, but I got it to handle so that I could drive it
really smoothly and started to make up time. It was amazing. 
Q: Was third the best you could hope for, David?
David Coulthard: Yes, I think so. I think under normal race pace
circumstances we would have been fourth if Ralf hadn't have got his
penalty, so to gain an extra place through that is obviously fortunate
for me.
Q: Do you feel one stop was the right way to go, given that everyone
ahead of you was on two?
DC: From where I was on the grid I think it was the right thing to do.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing when you can look back on a race and
say 'oh well, I didn't get traffic or this happened'. But we have to
make our decisions based on experience from before, and from that grid
position, it was the right thing. 
Q: It's the second race in a row where we have seen the race contested
between Williams and Ferrari. Do you feel that McLaren is still a
match for these two or have they got ahead of you?
DC: Well, I think the performance in the last two races is an answer
to that question. We haven't just sat back because we couldn't be
bothered. We haven't been as competitive as we would have liked in the
last two races. Clearly in Canada, we don't know how fast I could have
run because I had the problem with the suspension right from the green
flag lap. We weren't very quick here in qualifying and clearly in the
race we weren't a match for them either, so it was really recovery
position this weekend and try and understand how we can improve for
Magny Cours. 
Q: Michael, do you now consider the boys in white and blue your main
rivals for race wins?
MS: Yes, it looks like it. Especially at Magny Cours, because that's
quite a special circuit concerning tyres. I know Bridgestone is
working very hard, and so it Michelin, so it's something which is on
the edge, and whoever gets it just right is up front. That's the
situation at the moment. This time we seemed to have the better end.
Maybe next time we will be the other way around. But David just
mentioned that somewhere they are losing out a bit and we don't know
when they're going to fix it, but until then it is probably a
white/blue/red battle. 
PRESS CONFERENCE
Q: Michael, how much pressure was Ralf giving you? Were you in charge
of the situation?
MS: Except for one moment, yes. I ran wide in turn five because I
locked up rears and then fronts. I couldn't see where he was at this
moment, so I tried to leave a little bit of space, although not making
it too easy for him to overtake. But other than that, I was pretty
much in charge. I was in trouble in general in that first stint, the
car handling wasn't so good, a lot of oversteer, so we made some
corrections and after that I got going very well and when I needed to
push, I was able to do quite good lap times. 
Q: Corrections in the car, or at the pit stop?
MS: No, corrections on the car, physically. During the pit stop. 
Q: Was your pit stop a decision on that very lap? 
MS: No. We knew we were going in, and then I was told on the radio
that Ralf was coming in the same lap so I was aware of that. 
Q: He gave you quite a hard time at the start, too, but you seemed to
cope with it. Tell us about it.
MS: Yeah. The start wasn't as perfect as it was supposed to be. Again
I had a little dip where I lost out a couple of meters and then I saw
Ralf on the inside and obviously I knew the strategy I was on, not
knowing what strategy they were on, thinking they may be only on, so I
had to make sure I would be first in the first corner, otherwise I
would be in trouble. So I used the maximum that the rules allow you,
to move over once, and tighten up the line. I think that's the way you
have to work unfortunately. 
Q: Juan Pablo, a certain amount of relief to finish second?
JPM: Yeah, the last two races I made pretty silly mistakes and gave
away quite a lot of points and we had quite a lot of reliability
problems in the beginning of the year but things are getting much
better now. I lost quite a bit at the beginning of the race, the car
was very positive and I was getting a lot of hassle with it so I
thought 'just take it easy and get to the end'.
Q: I think you had a little off at half distance, what happened then?
JPM: I was trying to pass David and got really close behind but when I
hit the brake I just locked the front tyres and didn't even try to
turn. Just go straight and it's safer. That was the only moment.
Q: David, after starting the weekend fastest what was wrong in the
race.
DC: From a balance point of view we were using up the rear tyres quite
quickly so we had a lot of oversteer early in the race which is a
little bit different to what we were struggling with in qualifying so
there are two separate issues. Friday we were working to understand
how to improve the car in qualifying so that's probably why there was
such a big gap between ourselves and the others but obviously the
reality is what happened at the end of qualifying. As you could see we
were quite bit adrift and in the race probably a half second a lap off
as well.
Q: Is that situation going to continue at Magny Cours?
DC: We hope to be only four tenths off the pace at Magny Cours&ldots;
I don't know! Let's wait and see but it's a track that with the nature
of the corners can be quite hard on the tyres so in qualifying, again,
unless the tyre that we have available to us works well on our car
there I don't think we have something in the setup that we can change.
So it's probably something a bit more fundamental.
Q: A 24-point deficit now in the championship, how worried are you?
DC: As I said before I wasn't looking at points and there's no point
looking now because the championship isn't decided until it's decided.
I'll keep doing the best that I can and sometimes you can be driving
well but not quite have the machinery and other times you have the
machinery and don't drive so well so I've got to make sure I get both
the elements together at the right time.
Q: Where do you stand against the Williamses?
DC: Well they clearly have reasonable acceleration - whether it's low
drag on the car or maybe their rubber's not quite so sticky out of the
corners. It can't possibly be the engine because we have the best
engine!
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Q: Juan Pablo, how do you rate your car against the Williams and
McLaren?
JPM: I think we're a bit ahead of the McLaren a little bit at the
moment, it's a bit surprising to be honest. With the Ferraris very
similar I would think, we're slightly quicker them but we've still got
to do a little bit more work because it's a little bit and a little
bit but we're getting consistently up at the front so it's definitely
getting better.
Q: Michael, do you miss battling Ralf to the end?
MS: To some degree yes because it would have meant David would be
another place behind! Anyway it's natural that I would rather see my
brother there than anyone else, it's normal.
Q: Michael, was the initial plan to race with the T-car.
MS: No. We had a doubt over a little part so we changed it and I was
supposed to do one lap.
Q: Michael, do you think it was fair to push your brother near the
wall at the start?
MS: I don't think he touched the wall. It's tight and maybe for the
person who has to lift off it seems unfair but on the other side
that's the way the rules are written. You're allowed to do this and
you have to make sure that you stay up front so we had this discussion
at length some time ago and I think it's clear what is allowed and
what isn't allowed.
Q: What were the emotions like on the slow-down lap with the crowd?
MS: Beautiful. It's always something special being at home. It always
is a big pleasure, especially if you win the race, to go slow and
absorb everything the people give to you and to some degree celebrate
with them and have a bit of contact.
Q: How easy is it to miss the white line in the pits in the heat of
the race like your brother did?
MS: It is something you need to watch. I heard it was very close in
terms of how much he actually crossed but I remember some other things
which have happened to me in the past and I remember thinking that
they were a bit hard but these things are done sometimes. On the other
side if you know about it you should watch out just like not hitting a
wall or something else but a stop and go is a pretty hard decision. 
 
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 FIA press release - European GP
Complimenti. 13K di post in lingua inglese per riportare ciň che č
disponibile su decine di siti italiani. Sul fatto che meriti un attestato
dal titolo: "Ma che bravo che sei con le lingue straniere", siamo tutti
daccordo, per il resto, vedi un pň tu...l'unico dubbio che mi rimane č
perchč non posti in ucraino su rec.autos.sport.f1
Paolo

 disponibile su decine di siti italiani
Visti i ripetuti richiami, e visto che a me i post in inglese interessano
(non so in quanti siamo) suggerirei di mettere un tag [ENG] per i post in
lingua
Vediamo se si riesce a salvare capra e cavoli
Che dice il moderatore (penso che possa perlomeno "suggerire" una prassi)?
Z
PS: Sbaturzio tieni duro, č notorio che un tifoso di MOY come PATH nulla
capisce di F1...

perchč non posti in ucraino su rec.autos.sport.f1
Dove trovo le notizie in Ucraino? ;-)
Facciamo cosi': visto che ancora non e' ben chiaro se le notizie in
inglese sono benvenute o meno su questo NG, posta gli articoli in
italiano che trovi in rete. Io continuero' a postare quelli in lingua
inglese cosi' se ci saranno discussioni sulle traduzioni avremo a
disposizione anche la versione originale.
OK?
Quanto al fatto che io possa essere considerato bravo con le lingue
straniere vorrei poterlo dimostrare con un pullman di turiste di
giovane eta' (maggiorenni ovviamente). :-)
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capisce di F1...
Forse gli ingegneri la capiscono meglio? ;-)
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