Q: In the context of the championship, you find yourself in a very interesting position now.
RB: I love the challenges, you know. I think they all come to me in a way. It’s such a good championship because you would see after the last race that the two main contenders were Montoya and Schumacher and then all of a sudden you see Kimi on pole and the other two guys behind. It is quite open and it’s going to be very funny tomorrow.

Q: So what role are you going to play?
RB: Hopefully to win the race, I think that’s the first plan right now.

Q: Rubens, to what extent do you feel you lost running time and did that have an effect on the team?
RB: No, I think the weather played a role a little bit and it was quite windy out there. I don’t know to what extent it affected the other cars but it did affect us a little. I think everyone, to be honest, because the times were not as competitive as this morning. I had to gamble a little on set up. I was happy with my set up this morning, but had to gamble a little bit because if it is windy like this tomorrow it might have an impact on the tyres that I wanted. I didn’t have the quickest car in terms of performance, but I hope it will be a good one in terms of tomorrow’s race. Having said that, I am still very happy with the lap.

Q: How much did you change the car after the warm-up and after Michael’s run?
RB: After Michael’s run, not much. There was only five to ten minutes and there’s not much time to change things. I only changed the tyres from the warm-up.

Q: When you look at the grid and the championship, how do you see it?
RB: I am just sorry I am not in the battle because it is quite interesting and as I said it is very much alive and if you look at from one side it is quite fantastic to have the public as they are here they are like Brazil and Monza and they shout and they sing and it will be a good race and hopefully a clean one for everyone involved in the championship. I am not treating them as an outsider, I am still there and I have some points, obviously. To do the mathematics, I cannot beat the first place and anything can happen and I am doing my best to win the race.

Questions from the floor:

Q: Rubens, you and Michael have always done well here - what is it about this course?
RB: Well, I am not really sure. It always seems the Ferrari is a good car here, but I think that when you like a place you tend to do quite well and I like the place.

Q: Rubens, how difficult is the first turn here and how does it compare to other Formula One venues?
RB: If you compare it to Monza, for example, this is like a motorway and there is space to go everywhere. Obviously, there are other places with some escape roads, but here the thing is the tight turn. The way it is done, you can approach it from the inside. Or you can cut across it if you need to, hopefully if anyone has to go across it will not rain anymore because the grass today was quite wet. I would say anything can happen, but it is quite a safe one.

Q: Rubens did you watch Michael’s lap and can you assess what happened to him in the first couple of turns?
RB: I’m not really sure. I have not spoken to him or seen his data because obviously we have to wait for his car to come back. But it looked like he was quite loose as well as he went off but it didn’t affect me in turns of set up and I think my car had a little more control.