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Driver Press Conference. GP Monza 2015
Q: Thank you. Sebastian, when you started with Ferrari you said you were living the dream and here you are, at Monza, a Ferrari driver, in front of the tifosi. Can you put into words the sense of pride, responsibility, expectation, dare we say even emotion that comes with the job?
Sebastian Vettel: No! Well, I'm about to find out.
Obviously I've heard lots of good things. I've been here before so obviously [I have seen] the passion for Ferrari, so obviously very much looking forward to becoming part of that. If we do well, which is our target, and we manage to be on the podium on Sunday I'm looking forward to not receiving booing for a long time. So, yeah, plenty of stuff to look forward to. So far we have had a great season. This is our home Grand Prix as a team and since I didn't have a home Grand Prix this year I adopt this one as well and hopefully we can make it a good one.
Q: Now, you made your feelings very clear to the media in Spa about Pirelli and the tyre failure. Having now seen the results of the investigation, what are your considered thoughts on the matter?
SV: Well, first of all I think there was a lot of stuff explained or written that I think was not correct, the way it was expressed. I think it was very clear what I said. I think the most important point is that obviously we have been looking into the issue we had very clearly and Pirelli has been supportive and very open in the discussions, so I think that's the most important thing and we need to make sure that we learn from that. Other than that we are in Monza now
and, as I said, there is plenty of other stuff to look forward to.
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Q: (Agris Lauznieks - Kapitals) This is last race in Europe this season. What are your thoughts about the opportunity to add extra races in Europe, especially northern Europe - to do Riga Grand Prix in Latvia. How would you feel about it?
Sebastian, anything to add?
SV: Not many things I know about Latvia. But yeah, would be, I think, a nice place to go to. I think in general it's a bit of a shame that we don't have a Grand Prix in northern Europe, also Scandinavia because people are quite passionate and crazy about racing. I've been to Rally Finland some years ago and I was wondering why we don't have a Formula One Grand Prix but I guess that, especially next year, we have quite a lot on the calendar so it looks sort-of
busy now - but maybe in the future.
Fuente: Fórmula.com
Q: Thank you. Sebastian, when you started with Ferrari you said you were living the dream and here you are, at Monza, a Ferrari driver, in front of the tifosi. Can you put into words the sense of pride, responsibility, expectation, dare we say even emotion that comes with the job?
Sebastian Vettel: No! Well, I'm about to find out.
Obviously I've heard lots of good things. I've been here before so obviously [I have seen] the passion for Ferrari, so obviously very much looking forward to becoming part of that. If we do well, which is our target, and we manage to be on the podium on Sunday I'm looking forward to not receiving booing for a long time. So, yeah, plenty of stuff to look forward to. So far we have had a great season. This is our home Grand Prix as a team and since I didn't have a home Grand Prix this year I adopt this one as well and hopefully we can make it a good one.
Q: Now, you made your feelings very clear to the media in Spa about Pirelli and the tyre failure. Having now seen the results of the investigation, what are your considered thoughts on the matter?
SV: Well, first of all I think there was a lot of stuff explained or written that I think was not correct, the way it was expressed. I think it was very clear what I said. I think the most important point is that obviously we have been looking into the issue we had very clearly and Pirelli has been supportive and very open in the discussions, so I think that's the most important thing and we need to make sure that we learn from that. Other than that we are in Monza now
and, as I said, there is plenty of other stuff to look forward to.
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Q: (Agris Lauznieks - Kapitals) This is last race in Europe this season. What are your thoughts about the opportunity to add extra races in Europe, especially northern Europe - to do Riga Grand Prix in Latvia. How would you feel about it?
Sebastian, anything to add?
SV: Not many things I know about Latvia. But yeah, would be, I think, a nice place to go to. I think in general it's a bit of a shame that we don't have a Grand Prix in northern Europe, also Scandinavia because people are quite passionate and crazy about racing. I've been to Rally Finland some years ago and I was wondering why we don't have a Formula One Grand Prix but I guess that, especially next year, we have quite a lot on the calendar so it looks sort-of
busy now - but maybe in the future.
Fuente: Fórmula.com
Q: (Andrew Benson - BBC) To Sebastian, Felipe, Daniel and Nico. Are you satisfied with Pirelli's explanation for the tyre failures in Belgium - especially as a couple of you described them as unacceptable over that weekend? And to Sebastian personally and additionally, have you raised your concerns, as expressed after Spa, with Bernie, who's deciding the new tyre supplier?
SV: I think in all honestly I had a bit more insight because I was obviously one of the two cars that had a failure during the weekend in Belgium - a bit more insight on what was going on after the race in terms of the analysis and so on, than probably Felipe and Daniel. I'm not sure about Nico. But yeah, from what I mentioned also before, it has been very professional, the way it was handled. It was taken very seriously. And obviously our target is to improve the situation. I think it's natural that you always try to improve your product. I think if you look at the cars, if you talk about the cars today, the cars are quick and so on, and the cars are safe They're surely safer than they have been 30 years ago but there is still room for making them safer: we still have accidents and so on and still some things can happen. It's a one-way street: you want to make progress and keep making progress. So I think that's more important than any sort of press release, the feeling that I got when I spoke to the engineers and spoke to Pirelli.
Q: (Kate Walker - motorsport.com) More about the tyres, I'm afraid. We know that you guys all have Pirelli engineers embedded in your garage, giving you advice on cambers and pressures and whatever else. To what extent, in each of your teams, is that advice listened to? Do they have real input in the strategy? How can things go wrong when you're supposed to have an expert with you, telling you what to do safely?
SV: I think it's fairly simple. There's a lot of things that you have to stick to because it's part of the rules. Also the FIA is checking so you can decide not to listen but then obviously you risk to be disqualified, so I don't think there's any team taking that risk. And then there's other things that you talk about and use the expertise of the Pirelli engineer inside your garage and I think it would be stupid not to listen to him, for all of us, for all the teams, because obviously they have knowledge that we can't get about their tyres etc, so of course we take it very, very seriously.
Q: (Daniel Johnson - The Telegraph) Seb, sorry to labour the point slightly. After the race in Spa, among many other things you said was that the current situation was unacceptable. If I can put it this way, is the situation now acceptable to you and any of the drivers who want to chip in?
SV: Well, I think it is not acceptable to have a blow-out at that sort of speed, out of the blue and I think that's what I said also after the race, so there's nothing really to add. But, as I said before, I think the investigations that have been going on, the stuff that obviously has been analysed and talked about, explains some of it, maybe not all of it yet but it's still ongoing and obviously, as I said, the most important thing is that we make sure that we make progress. At the moment, from Pirelli's side, it looks very, very professional, they handle it with extreme care, and I think things are going the right way.
Fuente: Formula1.com
SV: I think in all honestly I had a bit more insight because I was obviously one of the two cars that had a failure during the weekend in Belgium - a bit more insight on what was going on after the race in terms of the analysis and so on, than probably Felipe and Daniel. I'm not sure about Nico. But yeah, from what I mentioned also before, it has been very professional, the way it was handled. It was taken very seriously. And obviously our target is to improve the situation. I think it's natural that you always try to improve your product. I think if you look at the cars, if you talk about the cars today, the cars are quick and so on, and the cars are safe They're surely safer than they have been 30 years ago but there is still room for making them safer: we still have accidents and so on and still some things can happen. It's a one-way street: you want to make progress and keep making progress. So I think that's more important than any sort of press release, the feeling that I got when I spoke to the engineers and spoke to Pirelli.
Q: (Kate Walker - motorsport.com) More about the tyres, I'm afraid. We know that you guys all have Pirelli engineers embedded in your garage, giving you advice on cambers and pressures and whatever else. To what extent, in each of your teams, is that advice listened to? Do they have real input in the strategy? How can things go wrong when you're supposed to have an expert with you, telling you what to do safely?
SV: I think it's fairly simple. There's a lot of things that you have to stick to because it's part of the rules. Also the FIA is checking so you can decide not to listen but then obviously you risk to be disqualified, so I don't think there's any team taking that risk. And then there's other things that you talk about and use the expertise of the Pirelli engineer inside your garage and I think it would be stupid not to listen to him, for all of us, for all the teams, because obviously they have knowledge that we can't get about their tyres etc, so of course we take it very, very seriously.
Q: (Daniel Johnson - The Telegraph) Seb, sorry to labour the point slightly. After the race in Spa, among many other things you said was that the current situation was unacceptable. If I can put it this way, is the situation now acceptable to you and any of the drivers who want to chip in?
SV: Well, I think it is not acceptable to have a blow-out at that sort of speed, out of the blue and I think that's what I said also after the race, so there's nothing really to add. But, as I said before, I think the investigations that have been going on, the stuff that obviously has been analysed and talked about, explains some of it, maybe not all of it yet but it's still ongoing and obviously, as I said, the most important thing is that we make sure that we make progress. At the moment, from Pirelli's side, it looks very, very professional, they handle it with extreme care, and I think things are going the right way.
Fuente: Formula1.com
Q: (Daniel Johnson - The Telegraph) So has enough changed from Spa to here? Is the situation more acceptable?
SV: Well, I think there are some short term changes, as I learned, if we talk about tyre pressures, for example. We obviously see how it feels but if that's a short term reaction within those couple of days or weeks that we've had, that's one thing. Then obviously long term I think we need to understand properly what happened. I think it's very clear that everybody is trying to do their best. I think we had a situation a couple of years ago which wasn't acceptable and there was immediate change and we didn't have problems afterwards so you can see that the professional approach does work and usually leads to the right result.
Q: (Louis Dekker - NOS.NL) Sebastian, can you take us back to a couple of years ago, your first victory here and also explain why it is harder this year to win here for Ferrari than back then for Toro Rosso?
SV: I don't know yet. I don't know if it's harder yet. Obviously it was a miracle that was happening in 2008 so only positive memories of the whole weekend really. But yeah, some years later, obviously another highlight and I'm looking forward to it and obviously can't promise anything but for sure I can promise that we will give our maximum, trying to have a very, very successful home race. I think that I know a lot more than I knew in 2008 so in this regard it should be easier but obviously it's never easier. If you look on paper, it looks like a simple track with low downforce but still it's also very technical so for us drivers it feels that the car is moving a lot, it feels very light under braking so it's still a big challenge around here. You need to get the braking points right etc so it's not that straightforward and obviously I'm sure that people expect a lot from us, but I think the one thing that we can promise now is that we will give everything we have.
Fuente: Formula1.com
GP Monza. Libres 1 y 2
El equipo Ferrari se enfrenta a su Gran Premio de casa, en Italia. Los tifosi, aficionados apasionados, ansían ver al equipo en lo más alto del podio. Pero este circuito beneficia a Mercedes, por lo que la Scuderia tendrá que luchar por el tercer escalón del podio. Después de un viernes con sensaciones diferentes para ambos pilotos, Ferrari espera encontrar algo más para escapar de los rivales con motor Mercedes.
Sebastian Vettel (3º y 3º):
"Ha sido un día sólido para nosotros: no tuvimos problemas con el coche y pudimos rodar mucho. La clasificación aquí será importante, ya que adelantar es posible con tantas largas rectas, y eso siempre ayuda. Aún así, la primera curva es muy estrecha y, cuanto más arriba estés, más fácil será. Por desgracia, los dos primeros coches están demasiado lejos; quizás podamos estar algo más cerca mañana, y ya veremos qué pasa en carrera. El objetivo ahora es centrarse en el coche y en cómo encontrar algunas décimas, ya que no estamos totalmente contentos".
Fuente: F1Aldía.com
El equipo Ferrari se enfrenta a su Gran Premio de casa, en Italia. Los tifosi, aficionados apasionados, ansían ver al equipo en lo más alto del podio. Pero este circuito beneficia a Mercedes, por lo que la Scuderia tendrá que luchar por el tercer escalón del podio. Después de un viernes con sensaciones diferentes para ambos pilotos, Ferrari espera encontrar algo más para escapar de los rivales con motor Mercedes.
Sebastian Vettel (3º y 3º):
"Ha sido un día sólido para nosotros: no tuvimos problemas con el coche y pudimos rodar mucho. La clasificación aquí será importante, ya que adelantar es posible con tantas largas rectas, y eso siempre ayuda. Aún así, la primera curva es muy estrecha y, cuanto más arriba estés, más fácil será. Por desgracia, los dos primeros coches están demasiado lejos; quizás podamos estar algo más cerca mañana, y ya veremos qué pasa en carrera. El objetivo ahora es centrarse en el coche y en cómo encontrar algunas décimas, ya que no estamos totalmente contentos".
Fuente: F1Aldía.com
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GP Monza. Clasificación
¡Gran resultado del equipo Ferrari! La Scuderia ha completado la mejor sesión de clasificación de la temporada al posicionar sus dos monoplazas entre los hombres de Mercedes. Así, Kimi Räikkönen saldrá junto a Lewis Hamilton en primera fila, mientras que Sebastian Vettel partirá desde la tercera posición. A pesar de que Hamilton tiene mucho más ritmo que sus rivales, los de rojo intentarán estar al acecho para aprovechar cualquier oportunidad que pueda surgir en el camino.
Sebastian Vettel (3º, 1:23.685):
"Estoy muy contento, no completamente por mi vuelta, ya que cometí un par de errores en la curva Lesmo I, sino más bien por el fantástico resultado del equipo. Nos deja en una buena posición para mañana: es algo sorprendente esar tan cerca de Mercedes, pero hemos de esperar y ver qué pasa mañana. Sabemos que serán muy fuertes en la carrera y que serán los rivales a batir si queremos ganar, pero quizás con toda la fuerza de los tifosi podemos tener una sorpresa. Esta vez es muy diferente para mí en relación a años anteriores en los que he estado aquí; cuando pilotas puedes ver a gente aplaudiendo y vitoreando, empujando y apoyándote, y es fantástico. Hay muchos aficionados, tanto dentro como fuera del circuito: para nosotros, es la carrera más especial del calendario".
Fuente: F1Aldía.com
¡Gran resultado del equipo Ferrari! La Scuderia ha completado la mejor sesión de clasificación de la temporada al posicionar sus dos monoplazas entre los hombres de Mercedes. Así, Kimi Räikkönen saldrá junto a Lewis Hamilton en primera fila, mientras que Sebastian Vettel partirá desde la tercera posición. A pesar de que Hamilton tiene mucho más ritmo que sus rivales, los de rojo intentarán estar al acecho para aprovechar cualquier oportunidad que pueda surgir en el camino.
Sebastian Vettel (3º, 1:23.685):
"Estoy muy contento, no completamente por mi vuelta, ya que cometí un par de errores en la curva Lesmo I, sino más bien por el fantástico resultado del equipo. Nos deja en una buena posición para mañana: es algo sorprendente esar tan cerca de Mercedes, pero hemos de esperar y ver qué pasa mañana. Sabemos que serán muy fuertes en la carrera y que serán los rivales a batir si queremos ganar, pero quizás con toda la fuerza de los tifosi podemos tener una sorpresa. Esta vez es muy diferente para mí en relación a años anteriores en los que he estado aquí; cuando pilotas puedes ver a gente aplaudiendo y vitoreando, empujando y apoyándote, y es fantástico. Hay muchos aficionados, tanto dentro como fuera del circuito: para nosotros, es la carrera más especial del calendario".
Fuente: F1Aldía.com
FIA post-qualifying press conference - Italy
Drivers: 1 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari); 3 Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari).
TV UNILATERAL
Q: Well, Sebastian, Kimi mentioned the fans there, a tremendous response from them whenever both of you went out on the race track, so maybe a word from you about that. And also, are you all surprised at the result, not only the team, but you and Kimi relative to each other and your thoughts on the race tomorrow?
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, first of all, I think it's a fantastic result ? second and third ? and very close to Lewis, I think that's the main positive of the day, which makes us confident for tomorrow. As Kimi touched on, it's our home race, so it's really something special every time you drive past, it's the first time for me obviously in red, and to get all the support, to see all the tifosi standing up, waving the flags and just jumping on the grandstands, up and down, yeah, it makes you definitely feel different to let's say other races I've done before. So I'm trying to take it all in and enjoy the day as well tomorrow and hopefully we can both be on the podium tomorrow?. Sorry Lewis, but I wouldn't mind if you are not on the podium; you can be but if we are both ahead of you that would obviously a dream coming true. I think dreaming is allowed but nevertheless you have to be realistic. I think it's going to be a tough race tomorrow. These guys have got some serious pace in the race, as we've found out many times this year. Nevertheless we try to fight and do everything we can. We've got the people behind us; so let's see what we can do.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Q: Coming back to you Sebastian, you talked a moment ago about the fans and the atmosphere here at the autodrome. But what about the atmosphere here in the garage? You've got Mr Marchionne here, you've got various members of the Ferrari family as well, how has the atmosphere been in the Ferrari garage, your first time at Monza as a Ferrari driver?
SV: When you start the session you more or less run through the motions, so that's a good thing, obviously it's a different race for us, it's our home grand prix, there's a lot of people watching, a lot of people cheering us on in the grandstands but also in the garage. Obviously that's good for us, an extra support, and I think we saw a very, very controlled and professional qualifying from the team inside the garage. I don't think there was any reason to panic. Also, we kept our head down and did our job. I think that's the most impressive we can deliver inside the garage. It's not a secret that we're not yet where we want to be, but I think today we're a bit closer, so we need to make sure we keep making those steps to please not just the people on the grandstand but also in the garage.
Fuente: Formula1.com
Drivers: 1 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 2 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari); 3 Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari).
TV UNILATERAL
Q: Well, Sebastian, Kimi mentioned the fans there, a tremendous response from them whenever both of you went out on the race track, so maybe a word from you about that. And also, are you all surprised at the result, not only the team, but you and Kimi relative to each other and your thoughts on the race tomorrow?
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, first of all, I think it's a fantastic result ? second and third ? and very close to Lewis, I think that's the main positive of the day, which makes us confident for tomorrow. As Kimi touched on, it's our home race, so it's really something special every time you drive past, it's the first time for me obviously in red, and to get all the support, to see all the tifosi standing up, waving the flags and just jumping on the grandstands, up and down, yeah, it makes you definitely feel different to let's say other races I've done before. So I'm trying to take it all in and enjoy the day as well tomorrow and hopefully we can both be on the podium tomorrow?. Sorry Lewis, but I wouldn't mind if you are not on the podium; you can be but if we are both ahead of you that would obviously a dream coming true. I think dreaming is allowed but nevertheless you have to be realistic. I think it's going to be a tough race tomorrow. These guys have got some serious pace in the race, as we've found out many times this year. Nevertheless we try to fight and do everything we can. We've got the people behind us; so let's see what we can do.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Q: Coming back to you Sebastian, you talked a moment ago about the fans and the atmosphere here at the autodrome. But what about the atmosphere here in the garage? You've got Mr Marchionne here, you've got various members of the Ferrari family as well, how has the atmosphere been in the Ferrari garage, your first time at Monza as a Ferrari driver?
SV: When you start the session you more or less run through the motions, so that's a good thing, obviously it's a different race for us, it's our home grand prix, there's a lot of people watching, a lot of people cheering us on in the grandstands but also in the garage. Obviously that's good for us, an extra support, and I think we saw a very, very controlled and professional qualifying from the team inside the garage. I don't think there was any reason to panic. Also, we kept our head down and did our job. I think that's the most impressive we can deliver inside the garage. It's not a secret that we're not yet where we want to be, but I think today we're a bit closer, so we need to make sure we keep making those steps to please not just the people on the grandstand but also in the garage.
Fuente: Formula1.com
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Q: (Joonas Partanen - Iltalheti) We say you talking after the qualifying session before you came here, from the TV. Can you tell us what you were talking about?
SV: Yeah, we were waiting for Lewis. I think he was trying to finish his hair.
Q: (Peter Farkas - Auto Motor) Again, Seb and Kimi. Did you expect to be so close to the quickest Mercedes today - especially after yesterday when the different was quite big? And could you please explain what you did since yesterday to turn the situation around? How confident were you that it would be possible?
Anything to add, Sebastian?
SV: Nothing to add.
Q: (Luigi Perna - La Gazzetta dello Sport) Seb and Kimi; what was the secret of this qualifying compared to the others this season and compared to yesterday's performance; was it Marchionne boost or something else maybe?
SV: No, I think generally we obviously try to make steps forward every race so naturally you have some small bits and pieces, trying to help the performance overall so we did for here but nothing special, just for the race, here, just because it's our home race. I think we learned a lot in Spa, Spa is similar conditions to here in terms of downforce. We were both probably not that happy with the balance of the car. I think we found a better balance and the car kept coming to us this weekend. I think that's the biggest reason why the gap is smaller than usual, plus you never know what other people are doing. Maybe they were struggling or maybe Lewis was not as happy as he usually is. In the end, it doesn't matter. We had a very very good session. We've qualified second and third because we were second and third quickest today and the rest we will see tomorrow.
Q: (Nicolangelo Cioppi - Il Cittadino Canadase) Sebastian and Kimi, do you think it's possible from third place and second place for Kimi to win the race tomorrow here in Monza like in 2008. I was here in 2008 and I enjoyed it with you, even if it was raining like crazy.
SV: Well, I think there's always a chance. Obviously in 2008 I was on pole, didn't manage that today but I think since it's dry tomorrow, I think we have much better chances this year than I would have had in dry conditions in 2008. So the bottom line is I think it's always possible, it's always possible to have a surprise. I think we had some surprises this year so we like surprises and if we can surprise tomorrow then it would be a nice surprise.
Fuente: Formula1.com
Q: (Joonas Partanen - Iltalheti) We say you talking after the qualifying session before you came here, from the TV. Can you tell us what you were talking about?
SV: Yeah, we were waiting for Lewis. I think he was trying to finish his hair.
Q: (Peter Farkas - Auto Motor) Again, Seb and Kimi. Did you expect to be so close to the quickest Mercedes today - especially after yesterday when the different was quite big? And could you please explain what you did since yesterday to turn the situation around? How confident were you that it would be possible?
Anything to add, Sebastian?
SV: Nothing to add.
Q: (Luigi Perna - La Gazzetta dello Sport) Seb and Kimi; what was the secret of this qualifying compared to the others this season and compared to yesterday's performance; was it Marchionne boost or something else maybe?
SV: No, I think generally we obviously try to make steps forward every race so naturally you have some small bits and pieces, trying to help the performance overall so we did for here but nothing special, just for the race, here, just because it's our home race. I think we learned a lot in Spa, Spa is similar conditions to here in terms of downforce. We were both probably not that happy with the balance of the car. I think we found a better balance and the car kept coming to us this weekend. I think that's the biggest reason why the gap is smaller than usual, plus you never know what other people are doing. Maybe they were struggling or maybe Lewis was not as happy as he usually is. In the end, it doesn't matter. We had a very very good session. We've qualified second and third because we were second and third quickest today and the rest we will see tomorrow.
Q: (Nicolangelo Cioppi - Il Cittadino Canadase) Sebastian and Kimi, do you think it's possible from third place and second place for Kimi to win the race tomorrow here in Monza like in 2008. I was here in 2008 and I enjoyed it with you, even if it was raining like crazy.
SV: Well, I think there's always a chance. Obviously in 2008 I was on pole, didn't manage that today but I think since it's dry tomorrow, I think we have much better chances this year than I would have had in dry conditions in 2008. So the bottom line is I think it's always possible, it's always possible to have a surprise. I think we had some surprises this year so we like surprises and if we can surprise tomorrow then it would be a nice surprise.
Fuente: Formula1.com
