Length: 3.340 km
Number of Laps: 78 (260.520 Km)
Best Lap: M. Schumacher - 1'14''439 (2004, Ferrari)
Record Pole: J. Tarno - 1'13''985 (2004, Renault)
2005 Pole: F. Alonso - 1'16''281 (Renault)
2005 Podium: K. Raikkonen - N. Heidfeld - M. Webber

Q: Again, the next question is for all of you: how do you reconcile the need for a technological challenge with cost-cutting?
JT: I would say that Formula One, in my opinion, does not need, as its first priority, technical challenge. It needs show. It needs people fighting on the track and very often, with the more technology you have, the less opportunity you give to the drivers to fight on the track. So you just need to try to find the right combination of the two. I realise that we are part of the teams, there are big manufacturers involved and they want to participate in a discipline that is the pinnacle of racing, of technology, but saying that, you don’t need to spend a huge amount of money to achieve what needs to be achieved in Formula One. So I really feel that it’s in this direction that Formula One is going, that we have to decrease technology. On the engines, we will have one aim which will be achieved, on electronics, with a standard ECU. So it goes in this direction but, as I said, you need to see a substantial cost reduction in order to have twelve teams.

Q: Jean, yesterday, I heard news that Valentino Rossi was not going to further his Formula One career. Can you tell us a little more about this? And what he has told you – if that is the case?
JT: You had better speak to Valentino! People have a tendency to forget from where it started so two years ago I think we said that if Valentino wanted to drive our Formula One car, our Ferrari, then we would be happy to give him that possibility and we did it. Then, of course, speculation began that he may drive in Formula One and then his answer came yesterday from Valentino that he is intending to remain in bike racing. In saying that, we are happy that we gave him fantastic experience. He is a great motor-bike rider and a great champion. He did very well. He impressed every body by driving the Formula One and I mean that’s it. Life goes on.

QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR

Q: (David Croft, BBC Radio 5) A question for Jean in the light of what he said about Valentino Rossi, was he never then part of your plans for 2007?
JT: Considering what Valentino announced yesterday, I think the question is not up to date anyway… About our plans for our drivers, we have announced already a few weeks ago that we will make it official during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on the 10th of September.