David Coulthard Q&A

"Traction! He was very good out of the corners, and he was very strong there. That Benetton, or should I say Renault, wasn't too bad."



"The thing is we were both what I presume to be flat. Neither of you can get any quicker through there, and it's down to how many horses you've got, and how much drag you've got."



"Yes, because he got the traffic there, he was a bit slow coming out of La Source, and that gave me the momentum. Normally he was always gaining five car lengths coming out of La Source. All of a sudden he didn't and I was a bit quicker through Eau Rouge, and a little bit quicker at the end of the straight. That's all I needed, and I was able to use it."



"I did make a mistake, but equally he did, and it was just enough to give me what I needed."



"I drove as hard as I could, even when I was in front of him. I haven't had a chance to look at the lap times, but I don't feel I would have really been in a position to challenge Michael. That's the key thing, that we need to continue to try to develop and move forward and make ourselves quicker."



"Michelin are doing a good job. We're with Bridgestone, and we're confident in their ability to develop the tyre, and we obviously need to take a step forward."



"It was a big crash, obviously. It's difficult to tell exactly why it came to happen, although obviously he came together with Eddie. Between the GPDA and Charlie Whiting we've made changes to the run-off there, and it really helped him a lot when he had the accident. But it's a dangerous business. You never like to see that, and we hope very much he's OK, but that was as big as they come in terms of speed."



"Danger is a part of our sport. We can't have a series of low speed corners, because that's not what F1 is about. Corners like Eau Rouge are difficult, they are dangerous, but that's Spa. What we should try and do is make the run-off areas as safe as possible, to minimise the chances of a driver getting hurt because he hits the barrier. I think that's what we should tackle, rather than changing the tracks."