Q: It is a critical race for Ferrari, not only for your team-mate Michael with the drivers' championship but also with the constructors' championship.
RB: Yeah, I mean, if I can win the race then probably for Michael it is done and for the constructors' we have myself and Juan Pablo on the front row and Michael a little bit behind with Ralf, so it's going to be quite difficult.

Q: I would say that it was typical weather conditions for you but that is not true, you have had perfectly dry pole positions. But what were the weather conditions when you were out like that because you were virtually the last one on a dry track.
RB: It was starting to spit. It was in the last sector. The high speed was okay, I braked into the chicane already a little bit in a conservative manner because I could see my visor really getting wet and as soon as I finished the lap I could see that the rain started to be heavier. I must admit that I thought the McLarens run, not just for DC but for Kimi, were quite good because it was already starting to be getting wet, not wet tyres but misty, and it is difficult to drive in those conditions. For Michael it was wet so there was no way.

Q: You had a problem on new tyres this morning, presumably that was all sorted out by the alterations you made for the warm-up?
RB: Yeah, my car was running very well. I could fight the car all through the esses and I didn't mind if it was spitting or not, I had to push and it was really good. I am really pleased with the lap that came in because the car was changed and it was better.

Q: So what conditions would you prefer for tomorrow?
RB: I don't mind. It is clear vision ahead. I hope to have a good start and that is all. People are trying to say that now it is on my back, since yesterday, because now I win the race and everything is sorted. But it is not like that. I just take the pressure and I just want to have fun and enjoy the race. I always find the race in Suzuka quite tough in terms of set-up because the car could go either way in the middle of the race, so I hope to have a really good run. I find that the car was good on old tyres but not as good as on new so on new tyres it is good as well now so hopefully tomorrow it is okay. If it is wet it is wet for everybody so it's okay as well.

Q: It is interesting the two of you battling for the constructors' championship, the title contenders further back for the drivers' championship.
RB: Now it is my chance to put him off so I will wait for him on the first corner and then I crash! (Laughter)

Q: So what has Juan Pablo got to say to that?
RB: It was only a joke anyway!

Questions from the Floor

Q: Juan and Rubens, the new qualifying system worked out very well for you today but not for your teammates. Give us your thoughts on this, maybe that the championship is decided by a quick rain shower here and the new qualifying system is good, bad or just the way it is?
RB: I agree, totally, because there is a system and the system works the same for everyone. Sometimes it might be in your favour, sometimes it won't be. You might have two negative sides in one year and two positive in the other one. It's just a question of being there at the right time. I'm not one of the guys that if the rain affects me, I go and start to say 'oh, shit, it happens to me and this and that.' The next day it might be for you, so you just get on with it.