Q & A with Sebastien Buemi

Q: You have done two straight-line tests with Red Bull Racing this year, but this was the first time you were testing on a race circuit. How did it go?

Sebastien Buemi: "It was the first time on a real track, so it was a familiarisation in the beginning, and quite a long run - 10 laps to get used to the car. I had a good feeling this morning, and I could feel I was going faster and faster, I was quite comfortable with the car, the choice of tyres was OK, and I think I can improve on Thursday.

"It was nice to be driving corners, not only on straight lines! It is difficult to know if you are fast or not, because I don't know what other guys are doing. We could not complete the full programme, the most important thing was 300km for me - we did 350km, so it was of for the first day"

Q: Are you tired?

Buemi: "I cannot say I am not. In the last run, I would say I started to feel a bit (tired). I think it is a difficult track, and you need to train a lot. At least I know how difficult it is, then it is easier to work once you know how difficult it can be."

Q: Do you know the Jerez track?

Buemi: "I did a test with F3 in the beginning of last year, so it is nearly a year and a half ago. but we were doing the normal corner, not the chicane."

Q: you did drive with your own seat? And you are familiar with all the buttons?

Buemi: "yes, it is my own seat. I was comfortable in the car; I think it is important that this is the case. If you are not well in the cockpit, you get tired quite quickly, like after 10 laps. I had no pain at all.

"I learned the buttons during the shakedowns. I could feel traction control, and what all these buttons do, what they can bring you, when you should use them and not use them. It was a good day just for that."

Q: You drove an F3 car in Mugello, then GP2 in the Nurburgring, and now an F1 car at Jerez. But you'll return to F3 this coming weekend...

Buemi: "Yes, I did Mugello, Nurburgring, and here and Zandvoort - it was difficult not to be tired from all that travelling. I tried to sleep a lot as much as possible and to be at the right place at the right moment.

"I have to concentrate on what I am doing, as GP2 is a bit different from F3, and also F1 as well. I try not to think about what I did last weekend, but think about what I have right in front of me."

Q: when did you find out about this test?

Buemi: "At the end of June, I think. I was very happy. You need to start somewhere. I was a bit nervous this morning but everything went OK. Tomorrow I will have a look at what Webber is doing, talking with engineers, how he is working. Then, on Thursday, I will try to do better job and improve."

Q: Will you have more opportunities to test an F1 car?

Buemi: "Right now, my objective is to do my best to win the title in the F3 Euro Series, which is important. Then, in GP2, I want to be on the podium - even to win races. And after that, if I get a possibility, to come back into F1 again. That will be great."

Q: You already drove an F1 car when you were 15 years old, didn't you?

Buemi: "Yes, in Paul Ricard, but you cannot compare it to the car from today - it is so different.

"I had fun with the Arrows team, but I could not drive a lot. I did 6-7 laps. But this one, today, I had so much more fun; I really felt the car this time."