Q & A with Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen: The lap wasn't probably what I wanted exactly, but I cannot change it any more. It wasn't very easy, but that is life. We are still in fourth place. It is not exactly what I wanted but I think we have a good pace for the race.

Q. Is there a reason for the problem in sector two, where you seem to have a problem?

KR: I was slow and that was it. I don't need to start telling you what happened on the lap. We were not fast enough.

Q. You targeted an improvement to qualifying form as key to the championship. Felipe is obviously on pole position, but do you feel you have made a step forward or is there still much more to do?

KR: It wasn't what we wanted today, so it wasn't exactly an improvement. That is nothing new - it hasn't been an easy qualifying for me this year. I am not surprised that it didn't go exactly the way we wanted. But of course I think we improved the situation but we are still not where we want to be yet. We try to do better again next time. It is not the end of the world, so we will see what we can do tomorrow in the race and go from there.

Q. Can you give us an impression about how much fun it is to drive on this track? Do you like it?

KR: It is a nice circuit. They have done very well when they prepared and made the circuit. For a street circuit it is a very nice place to come and of course I hoped we would do a little bit better today.

Q. Do you see an advantage in the race for Ferrari?

KR: I don't know. We will see what we can do. I think we have a good car so as long as we get everything going well we should be okay. It depends a lot on the start what happens in the race, but we try to win it for sure.

Q. The FIA has swapped the side of pole position, so you are on the other side now. How do you figure the start of the race?

KR: I think where we end up now it would have been better to have it the other way around, but it is fairer for the guy who is on pole to be on the cleaner side. It is not clear either side because we seem to go between the two starting grids. We will see what we can do at the start. There is a lot of space but there is quite a tight corner at the end of the straight, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

Q. What is the trickiest part of this circuit?

KR: There are many tricky places, and if you make a small mistake you lose a lot of time as it is so slippery off line. If you go a little bit wide then you lose a lot of time.