Ralph Firman Q&A

"We tried to go for more of a normal two-stopper, so we decided to start from the pitlane. But unfortunately we got stuck behind Verstappen, which was a bit of a shame. I couldn't get past him and he held me up by a second and a half a lap. Once I got clear I started to get a bit of a run going. I had a good pit stop and had a reasonably good pace. Fisi was behind me, and it was nice to see that when I'd done my stint and pit stop he was still just in front of me by a second or so, which was great. The car was reasonably good. I'm obviously disappointed not to finish, but I'm looking forward to Barcelona."



"It was great to get a bit of a run on. You start to get a bit of a rhythm, and learn a bit more about the car. I think after each race you do take a step forward - I certainly do anyway - just because it's lap after lap in the car."



"Physically I was fine, which was nice, although it's not that hard round here. It's just having time in the car. At the end of my second stint I started to turn in a bit slower and a bit earlier, made the car more stable, and started to get better lap times."



"On old tyres I'm doing reasonably quick times, but I haven't yet quite adjusted from old to new. I haven't quite the car how I want it."



"Yes. This weekend I locked up, maybe through trying a bit too hard. But you're just trying to get further up the grid. We had a good Saturday morning, and there was a possibility of doing a really good lap time, so maybe I just tried too hard."



"It was great for the team, but obviously I was very disappointed because I could easily have got on the podium as well, and I don't know when I'll get the next opportunity. But it was nice for the team, and it helps to have 10 points under the Jordan-Ford name."



"We were on the same strategy as Giancarlo. I had a really good car in the rain there, and Gary Anderson called it better than anyone, as he did in Australia as well. The only thing is we waited one lap too long with Giancarlo under the safety car. I came in just and filled up to 100% as the race re-started, so I was quite a long way behind him after that."



"We had a problem with the race car, a misfire, so we decided to come back to jump into the T-car. We were sitting in the T-car, fired it up, and then the dashboard went flat! And they were just about to start under the safety car. So I hopped back in the other car. They'd fixed the problem there - water in some part of the electronics - and we just got out before the safety car came round, so I didn't go a lap down."