Ove Andersson Q&A

"Basically we are working on improving aerodynamics, traction control and launch control."



"I am because we are beginning to understand where we have to work, where we have to concentrate in order to improve the car now."



"Aerodynamics basically."



"We are working on it, but you don't produce new aerodynamic devices in a day or two, it's more work than that! But I suppose what we're missing really is wind tunnel availability."



"It will begin to operate from February 1. We ran it for the first time in December, but we had calibration and many adjustments to do, but it's more or less ready now."



"Yeah. We are not unhappy at all about where we are at the moment, we are beginning now to understand where we have to concentrate. Of course it could be better but it could also be a lot worse. There is no reason to be unhappy."



"Basically, the engine and that's all. The engine has worked well, but you should never be satisfied because that is the biggest mistake you can make in motorsport. You always have to look for improvements everywhere, but for the first engine that we actually designed, built and developed, it's good."



"We are busy building and we'll have three or four cars ready before Melbourne. At the moment we do have two cars ready, but there was really no reason to bring two cars here because we don't have the parts. There is no point in testing just to go testing, you must have bits and pieces you want to test, and because of that there was no reason to bring two cars."



"It's a learning year. Basically, the purpose is to bring the team together and to learn what F1 is all about. To get a platform from which we can work into the future. If at the end of this year the team is working well, or reasonably well, and we understand about the car and understand the requirements of F1, then this is a platform to develop and work towards the future."



"Not at all. Our target is to be respectable in the F1 world."



"It's really not. I mean I think if people see that we are serious about what we do, that we are worthy of being involved in F1. OK, if you call respectability being on the front row of the starting grid then that we will not achieve, but I don't think that that is expected of us anyway."



"At the moment our main competitors are everybody, give us a couple of races and I'll be able to answer your question! We need to see where we are and how we are doing, but for now I think in terms of performance if we are not last on the grid we will have done well, at least for the first few races."



"I think it's much too early to say. I don't think either of those teams have any serious testing with their new cars yet."



"No, we had an idea of roughly where we were going to be and I'm not really surprised about that. But I think it has been a wake up call for a lot of people in the team who now realise that F1 is not an easy business to be involved in."



"We are not ready to get something useful out of this at the moment."



"Well I think Melbourne will be a big test for my nerves!"