Q & A with Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli: I would say it was a bigger satisfaction than if I would have scored the same points at the first race. When you try and try and try, and you try even harder, and you don't get these points then you start getting a bit frustrated. So obviously in Canada when I crossed the line, again with all the problems I had during the race, I was happy to finish. Yes.

Q. It was a weekend of struggles for some of the Bridgestone runners, but you came through it quite well...

JT: We managed the tyres pretty well, with the tyre choice and with the set up. In the end, as I said, I managed to do well. I think in general the tyres were competitive but the Bridgestone tyres are very peaky at the moment.

There are certain variables that can really vary the tyre's performance - the temperature, the condition of the track and so many other things. So for us, we managed to get it right in qualifying and the race. So we were pretty happy with that because in the past we have not been successful all the time.

Q. What is the feeling for this weekend? Michelin has never won here so that should bode well for Bridgestone.

JT: Again, it is difficult to predict. It is a new track, we don't test here so we hope the tyres are okay on this track and we can use them properly. By that I mean I hope we can stress the tyres enough because our car is too light sometimes on its tyres.

But being too light doesn't mean they are going to last better during the race, just that they work in a different way and deliver in a different way. It is difficult to predict. The track does suit us so I would expect to be competitive. I hope so.

Q. What do you expect from the Michelin side of things. They have said they are here to win and are not cautious but do you think that is true?

JT: I think everyone learns from mistakes, Michelin as well.

Q. Some of the drivers are going to speak to Charlie Whiting in the future about changing the safety car rules in the future, regarding the interference of lapped cars during restarts. There is talk of changing the rules to allow the lapped cars through...

JT: We have always said about this problem in the past. But we always decide to leave everything as it because if you let the other drivers go through, then you should let all the drivers from the back of the grid overtake the drivers which had lapped them, and then rejoin them on the same lap. It is not so clear and you cannot say to the drivers in front to slow down in this case.

It is a bit confusing and I don't know, we are going to talk about it. But honestly, the biggest issue we have at the moment with the safety car is the restart. As usual, the restart is a bit difficult because the driver that is in front gives the go, but you don't know when this comes. Obviously the drivers behind try to be as close as possible to be ready, and that is why sometimes accident happens between the drivers.

If we can fix it so that we say you can only restart from a certain point of the track, and from that point on you cannot weave anymore, you cannot deliberately brake and so on, it would be much easier. Otherwise it is a bit of a jungle.

Q. We have seen Fernando Alonso do two completely different approaches to restarts. In Silverstone he braked in front of Kimi Raikkonen, while in Canada he accelerated off to open up a gap on you, who was right behind him. You obviously had no interest in staying close to him though.

JT: I was not interested in him; I was interested in the guy behind me. I think the most important thing we are doing to discuss is when we know when we are going to restart. Or to keep a normal behaviour.

Q. What is your personal opinion on letting the backmarkers through? It works in Champ Cars and the IRL?

JT: If you are lapped then you are going to gain the lap back.

Q. Is that a bad thing?

JT: It is not a bad thing, but it depends on your point of view. It is a bad thing in one way because if you push so hard and lap someone and the guy is going to gain it back, then this is not fair. But then you can put this guy back in the race and race again from there.

So if he was unlucky he would then be lucky. I don't know. It depends, one way or another we will always argue because we will never have the same point of view.

Q. How were you approaching the restart in Canada, because you had Raikkonen not so far behind you?

JT: I had Nick Heidfeld, who was fighting with me. And Raikkonen was behind Heidfeld. So I was waiting for Heidfeld to give way to Kimi and then I would let Kimi through. That is very simple.

Q. But the fans would liked to have seen Kimi fighting with Alonso at the end?

JT: Yeah, I know. But the problem is they had a 20-second gap. Now the safety car gave them the chance to be closer, but it is the fault of no one that in the middle of this gap there is me. And we cannot only move away because they are fighting for the race.

I am fighting as well for the race. As I say, whichever way you see it, you will be happy to take one decision, or not to take the other one. At the end you always needs a compromise.

I am happy to do anything because I found myself in the front sometimes, then in the middle like it was last time in Canada. In Monaco, it was bad for me because I was fourth fighting with (Rubens) Barrichello and there were a lot of backmarkers in front of me who did not give way.

Q. What about tyres and the issues of keeping temperature in them under the safety car?

JT: We are going to go on this direction. Every time we slow down we will always have a problem with temperature. These days F1 tyres are made to be as cool as possible while running. Obviously when you slow down they suddenly drop the temperature and then it is difficult to work them back.

The only way to avoid this problem would be to not have tyre blankets anymore. They you would have to redesign the tyre, so the tyres will be performing after the restarts without any problems.