Length: 4.627 km
Number of Laps: 66 (305.256 Km)
Best Lap: F. Massa - 1'22''680 (2007, Ferrari)
Record Pole: F. Massa - 1'21''421 (2007, Ferrari)
2007 Pole: F. Massa - 1'21''421 (Ferrari)
2007 Podium: F. Massa - L. Hamilton - F. Alonso

Q: Aldo, modifications here?
AC: It’s obvious that we have changed the nose, the nose concept is different, and then there are other small details from the aerodynamic point of view on the bodywork, on the diffuser, that we have changed for this race. So mainly the changes are aerodynamic parts.

Q: Why have you changed the nose if, as someone says, it’s not a major change?
AC: It’s one of the aerodynamic changes that we had on the way during the winter. It probably took a little bit more time because it’s more difficult from the crash (test) point of view, so we decided to come here with the different nose. It’s a programme that we had to develop as with all the other aerodynamic developments that we are doing.

Q: We saw Felipe much quicker in the first two sectors today and yet he always seemed to lose time in the last sector. Is that something about this circuit or is it about him?
AC: He tested the car last week for two days, so he had very very good reference. This morning, particularly, he was not very happy with the grip of the hard tyre in the slow speed corners of the last sector, so that’s why he struggled but then, little by little, during the session, it went better and better and at the end he was OK.

QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR

Q: (Mike Doodson) I’m interested to know if the changes made over the last three or four years have saved money and if they will save money in the future?
AC: Very similar situation for us also. For us, the rules have meant big cost reduction in engine activity in terms of development costs, in terms of costs of overall units that you produce in a year, and also it reduced the number of people involved in the engine department, really, so it was a bigger cost-saving. As Pat said, we could probably have done more in terms of reducing the unit price of the engine and I have to add another point. We could have done more to increase the mileage of the engines before freezing, so instead of two races, we could probably have done something more, even better. But OK, we have to accept the situation as it was done.

Q: (Michael Schmidt – Auto Moto und Sport) Question to Aldo Costa: It seems that Ferrari is playing down the importance of the new nose a little bit. To say it’s just another aero development sounds a bit odd. I think it’s a big effort to do that, bigger than just putting a new flap on, so it must be worth it.
AC: Yeah, of course you have to consider the performance gain versus the money you spend doing this development because we don’t have an infinite budget. So performance development versus cost was something worth doing, for sure. As you say, it was probably a bit bigger in terms of advantage than a small flap or a front wing endplate. But in terms of performance advantage it’s in the range of other car developments that we do during the year.