Patrick Head Q&A

"I think it's always good to have a new driver winning, and particularly as it's Juan Pablo, who gets such joy out of motor racing, and really loves what he does. He was obviously very concerned about Alex's accident, and was watching that closely and listening to how he was getting on. But today he was concentrating very hard on what he had to do here, and made no mistakes. He did an excellent job."



"I wouldn't say they were flat out all of the race, but it was quite a fast race. I think Juan was looking after his tyres. I think we had the first set of tyres blister, and then he had to play a sort of careful drive to keep Michael behind him. Ralf was on a heavier amount of fuel than Juan and went much further, and was very quick at the end of his stint even though he was on blistered tyres. He closed the gap down to 4.5s or so, but then his second set blistered as well. So it was a little bit close to the nail."



"Well we thought we had it covered, but not by enough, obviously."



"Well we did see them looking as if they were in a bit of a brake problem this morning, and I have to assume from the way they were running this morning - in terms of their lap times - that they were running fuel appropriate to a one stop. Maybe the brake wear indications told them that it wasn't going to survive like that, and they reverted to a two-stop."



"Ralf was obviously concerned about it. We've seen a lot of startline accidents, and I think they were concerned about that. Anyway, once the lights change, they were concentrating on the job in hand."



"Obviously there have been two or three races this year, which stand out as being nothing to do with him, in terms of being driven in to in Brazil, and the fuel rig problem in Hockenheim. He's been knocking on the door, and he's been on pole for three of the last four races."



"He's very strong, and from his point of view, particularly in terms of his position of being able to compete in the championship next year, it's been a very good thing to get his first win out of the way this year."



"I wouldn't say to plan, but we're happy with the way it's working."



"They weren't targets. The target for the team is to try and be competitive in every race. But at Indianapolis I think we should be able to be competitive. Suzuka will be more difficult, but it's up to us to make sure we're capable of competing there."



"We're very saddened to hear of his accident. At the moment everybody is hoping that in terms of his health he makes the best possible recovery."