Q: Rubens, what about Ferrari? Is there a massive backlog of stuff to test?
RB: Yeah, we're going to be there with three cars, as I understand it, and one car in Fiorano, so it's going to be a lot of work, just trying to find the best. For now, working for the future - it's quite an important test.

Q: What about Ferrari's position in the next four races? People are saying you might not be so good here, but OK in the three after that
RB: Well, to be honest with you, it was quite good for us here last year. We had quite a good advantage. We just have to see how the weather plays. We're quite optimistic on the tyre side. Since Magny Cours we have already said that we made aerodynamic improvements so I feel that we're quite strong. To be honest with you I felt that in Hockenheim, my car was running quite well as well, so it was a pity not to be part of the race, but there are four races which are depending pretty much on the weather and we can go quite well, so we just have to wait and see.

Obviously, if you take Monza and Suzuka, they would probably be a little bit better but that doesn't mean that here and the States are going to be anything less. We just have to take it as it comes, be very open, test the car as much as we can, get a good and decent set-up and off we go.

Questions from the floor

Q: Rubens, you said that you were disappointed at Hockenheim and you thought that you were in good shape for the race. Were you on a different fuel and tyre set-up to Michael?
RB: Different tyres, I think everybody knows that. That's pretty much it. I was quite confident that the tyres were the right ones. For some reason Michael chose the other ones. I felt comfortable with the tyres for the whole weekend, not enough to beat the Williams in qualifying but my tyres should have worked quite well in the heat on the Sunday, so I was looking reasonable for the race.

Q: After the last race Bernie Ecclestone was very critical of the drivers, saying they were chatting on the drivers' parade and did not wave to the fans. What can you as drivers do to give more back to the drivers here at the track?
RB: I think we can do a lot more. I mean, in America, as a public, you can have a lot more options with radios, autograph sessions, things like this. We could do something more but if you look at the other side as well, we work so hard and when you are working for the whole time sometimes you meet with a friend or with a driver and you talk. I mean, it is the only chance you have, so it works both ways. Of course, you are there to wave to the people, there are flags there, it's quite nice, but you shouldn't blame somebody that in this precise spot I haven't waved. It's not the point.