Length: 4.627 km
Number of Laps: 66 (305.256 Km)
Best Lap: G. Fisichella - 1'15''641 (2005, Renault)
Record Pole: F. Alonso - 1'14''648 (2006, Renault)
2006 Pole: F. Alonso - 1'14''648 (Renault)
2006 Podium: F. Alonso - M. Schumacher - G. Fisichella

Q: Do you think the test here proved that you are still managing to keep the same distance ahead of the competition?
FM: Well, for sure we’re working very hard, but it’s a little bit difficult to have a 100 percent good idea as to what everybody is doing but it’s also quite important to show speed, to show improvement and I think we made a step forward so we’re quite happy and we will keep working harder to keep improving the car. For sure McLaren was very very competitive in the last races. We expected they would be competitive anyway, so that’s why we have kept working hard.

QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR

Q: (Dominic Fugère – Le Journal de Montréal) Skipping ahead a little bit, you’ll be in Montreal in two races and it will be the first race there without Michael Schumacher who has dominated there for six years out of ten, and without Jacques Villeneuve who was one of the big reasons for F1’s popularity. I’m just wondering how you feel about that race and how different it will be this year?
FM: Well, first of all I was Jacques’s team-mate and I saw how important he was to Canada, to Montreal and also to Formula One, so it was very nice to see the crowd, all the people there, most of them wearing his cap and really supporting him a lot, which already came from his father who was a legend. Also, we remember that it was just 25 years that his father passed away. Anyway, I think it will be a very important race, very nice to remember Jacques, his father and I think that’s the important key to the race as well. Michael, for sure, drove some fantastic races there but I think people are really really crazy for the Villeneuve family. It will be nice to go there, and for sure I will meet Jacques again.

Q: (Livio Oricchio – O Estado de Sao Paulo) A question for all drivers – one month without a race, is that good?
FM: It is a bit too much, but fortunately we did some tests in between and that helps a little bit. It was good to have a little bit of a break.

Q: (Tatiana Cunha – Folha de Sao Paulo) Felipe, would you say the championship starts now for you and forget the first three races?
FM: You cannot say that because it started already in Australia. For sure, it is different now. The first two races were not what I expected but the third was fantastic. We cannot say the championship starts now, but we will work hard to try and repeat what happened in the last race or be consistent on the podium. That is the most important thing.

Q: (Peter Windsor - F1 Racing) So you guys have a spare car when you go testing?
FM: We have spare parts as well, but need to mount and it takes time. And we don’t have another car there ready to run.