David Coulthard Q&A

"It obviously didn't look pleasant when I saw Ralf go over and go off into the sky, and I thought it was going to be a very difficult incident for him. But obviously he was able to get out and nobody was injured, and that was a great relief."



"I'm not sure, to be honest. I just tried to make my way through the debris, and kept to the inside, and found myself leading."



"The problem I had was gearbox downchange. It wasn't always changing down, despite me getting the blip for the downchange, it was pushing the car on in the braking area. It caught me out at the restart, and pushed me wide. A couple of laps later I had a problem, and then it ran OK for several laps. Then eventually it jammed in sixth gear."



"First of all I don't think that the gap that you saw in qualifying was a true indication of performance. I think tyres played a part in that. But clearly in the race there's not going to be as big a gap."



"You can't, as we know from past history, say that it's all decided after the first race. There's a lot that's going to happen this year. There are going to be situations when the Michelin tyres just outclass the Bridgestones, and the Ferrari could find itself down in fifth place. That's a fact. There's a long way to go, but I can't deny that it's not good, them being so strong here in qualifying, in wet conditions, and obviously in the race. I think Michael was running at a canter."



"When you're all running on the same tyres, then it's a car, and engine and driver war. But when you split the grid like that, then yes, it's two World Championships."



"At the end of the day Kimi is a competitor. I can't say I'm happy for any competitor to score points when I'm not scoring points. But I recognise the importance of the first podium for him, and in terms of us working together as a team, I believe that's going well, and I'm happy with my performance relative to his over the weekend."