Ralf Schumacher Q&A

"After the start, after the problems I had with Rubens, being last in the field and then fifth at the end is quite good. Luckily for us the rain came in and I was able to make up a few positions. I think we made the best of it."



"We had problems especially in the last stint. We changed a few things in the pit stop for the wet and dry conditions, and after we changed the tyres for the last stint we didn't change the car back. I struggled with understeer, and I thought it might be difficult to hold back Mika, but it worked out. We took some front wing off which hurt us for the last stint."



"The temperature [of the brakes] went through the roof at the end, so obviously we have to check why that happened. Obviously I have more speed so I have to brake more!"



"It actually looks like we are a bit stronger. At least we're quick on the straight!"



"Verstappen luckily braked so early for that last turn, and he braked there so early the lap before, so I just took the risk and dived in. Luckily he played the game, otherwise it would have been difficult. I was surprised. Every car was relatively slow, but Verstappen was very fast on the straight."



"It's nice to beat Mika Hakkinen. It shouldn't sound wrong now, but at the moment it's more important to beat the two Ferraris than Mika. They [McLaren] seem to struggle at the moment, and obviously we're looking forward."



"Difficult to say with all the problems... I think in a fair, dry race with the car we had, I might have been able to stay with them. I think we had a pretty strong package, after a few problems we had with changing conditions and tyres and setting changes on the car. Being third or second after the start, I think it would have been a good race."



"I think it was a kind of a racing incident. In one way I was at the front, so you would expect Rubens to pull back, but maybe he didn't have the space to. If it is similar to Heinz's accident in Melbourne, I think he should think about it one day, otherwise he gets it back I guess."



"Some drivers are very much on the limit I would say, yeah. But there you are, you can't really change it. I like sensible drivers where you can have a hard fight, but still stay on the circuit. I've met three this year with where it seems to be very difficult, but maybe they'll calm down throughout the season."



"That's racing. It's difficult to say 'slow down' because we're racing. As long as you take a little bit of care, and drivers start would start thinking about safety for all of us, like we learned in Melbourne, maybe they'll change their opinion a bit."



"Yeah, why not? I hope we have the proper tyres for there, BMW there's no question anyway, and we're going to have a few aerodynamic changes on the cars. So it's all looking relatively positive. It's a difficult circuit, but they've changed the circuit partly, so most of the bumps are gone now, and the infield shouldn't be so much of a problem for us."