Q: You've also had a great record here, three pole positions, three wins. That must be encouraging for you, especially with the performance last week.
MS: I mean, you have to be pretty honest about what happened last week. I mean, I would have been fifth in normal circumstance and not second as I finished. So at the end of the day, it didn't show very much off last week, but we have had some very good performances through the year like in Monte Carlo in the race. So depends on where we are at this circuit whether we're sort of more Imola like or whether we're more whatever, Barcelona or other races.

Q: Now, your brother has been quoted a bit as saying that you were tired, you were not having as much fun as you did last year and for that reason you will retire soon. What's your reply to that?
MS: I mean, I don't know how he comes up with that. I mean, as much as I speak with you, I speak with him and tell him how much I enjoy actually. Even though I'm not winning, you can enjoy. You don't need always to win to be happy. The race last week, the race in Monaco, there were plenty of races, Imola, that were great fun. So I'm not lacking fun, neither I do motivation. There are phases like this that are not so successful, but we have been so successful that I think it's pretty normal. And for me, I knew it would come to go through as long – and we are, in my view – as long as you're competitive and not completely somewhere gone and you have no chance, I'm pretty happy to go through this as I'm pretty sure we make our way up to the front again, and we'll be there. Honestly, I think he has a couple of other things to think about and speak about.

Q: Michael, with the amount of investment with the top teams, particularly Ferrari, the massive amount of information that you have, it's hard for people to understand that Ferrari struggle this year. Is it because McLaren and Renault in particular have taken a quantum leap or do you believe your car is as good as it was last year?
MS: I mean, the point is that the development rate of Formula One can and is extremely quick. We have had quite an advantage last year. There's been rule changes, which sort of re-zeroed things, and quite frankly, we as a whole package probably didn't do as good a job as we have been doing last year. That's, in a way, the situation. And the other teams have done a very good job on the other side, which leveled out the situation.

Q: Question to Michael. This weekend, Sebastien Loeb will participate at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. What do you think of this position of Sebastien Loeb? Could you be interested to be back at Le Mans after your Formula One career is finished?
MS: The question is, will Le Mans still be in existence? (Laughter) The point is it's quite interesting to see that he jumps into this side of racing. I've been competing against him in Race of Champions, and that was nice to meet him, actually. He's a very, very nice guy. So it will be interesting to see what he can do in this category. I'm pretty sure he has the ability to drive those cars fast. I don't feel attracted very much mainly due to the level of safety that's on that circuit.

Q: Michael, one question. You followed Fernando very, very closely in Imola and followed Kimi very closely in the last race in Canada. What difference did you notice in motivation, concentration, driving technique, driving style, car control, whatever?
MS: I mean, first of all, I wasn't that close to Kimi as I was to Fernando in Imola. There's not much to say. Those guys are great drivers, and they know how to drive their cars. You can't really judge unless you know actually the car because you don't know whether it's the driver doing something or the car is doing and he's controlling that. So there's no point really in getting into that. Except I would have wished Fernando would have done something similar to what Kimi did five laps to the end in Imola. (Laughter)

Q: For Michael, a two-part question. In the Bridgestone press conference, you talked about riding a motorcycle earlier this week. Many years from now when you retire, would you like to do something like ride a motorcycle from say New York to California across country? The second part of the question is how enjoyable was it to hear questions from the fans who asked questions about your dogs and things we don't usually talk about to you?
MS: There were some quite interesting questions today, great audience. It's sort of interesting when you think America, every time we talk about it, sort of doesn't know Formula One. But if you see the audience we have here, at least those guys here are very well informed. Riding New York/California, I haven't thought about that. But at the moment I have more important things to think about. Ask Ralf, yes. (Laughter)

Q: Michael, your brother obviously doesn't have fond memories of the race here last year. So I was wondering if he's expressed anything to you, concerns about coming back here this year?
MS: No. I mean, honestly what has happened may happen at any other circuit, any other time. That's how we would see it. It's not circuit-related. Same as when I had the accident in 1999, Silverstone, next time you come there, you have one little think about it but then you continue as normal.

Q: Question for Michael and also for Fernando. What's your opinion about the talks that maybe Danica Patrick could enter as a woman in Formula One? And do you think that could be definitely push for Formula One being more known in the States because of that? Would that be sad or does it matter to you?
MS: You're the leader.