Length: 4.574 km
Number of Laps: 67 (306.458 Km)
Best Lap: K. Raikkonen - 1'13''780 (2004, Mclaren)
Record Pole: M. Schumacher - 1'13''306 (2004, Ferrari)
2005 Pole: K. Raikkonen - 1'14''320 (Mclaren)
2005 Podium: F. Alonso - JP. Montoya - J. Button

Q: And the fact that it’s very warm, like in France, is that an advantage as well, for you?
MS: No, I don’t see any real advantage or disadvantage.

Q: So it’s still a huge lottery, no matter which way it goes?
MS: Put it this way. Because we’re talking mainly on the tyre side. It seems for both sides, you may hit it perfectly to the point, or not, and that is more important in deciding the situation of whoever is winning or whoever is not winning, but we definitely have got on top of some of our previous issues, we understand them better and can judge them better and we will try to use that to our advantage.

Q: I’ve been asked to ask you about a rumoured approach that has been mentioned in the newspapers from BMW. Can you say anything about that? Have they made an approach?
MS: Not that I know of, no.
Q: So you don’t know anything about it?
MS: No. Nothing.

Q: What about Jean Todt maybe staying for another year? How would that affect your future?
MS: There’s no point to getting into that again. I wonder it will be over by Monza.

Q: But still no decision taken in your mind?
MS: We’ll see in Monza.

Questions from the Floor

Q: (Fredrik Huldt – Auto Motor und Sport, Sweden) Since the last race there has been a lot of testing going on. Any improvements to the car, if you disregard the tyres?
MS: On the car side, yes. We have a few upgrades to the car on the aero side. Probably the normal developments, but there’s a few bits and pieces.
Q: Anything coming on the aero side?
MS: It will always be coming.
Q: I mean, in the light of BMW playing around a lot. You might be following them.
MS: I don’t know what you’re hinting at. Aerodynamic development is pretty standard and pretty normal in a season, but some do it more successfully than others.