Rubens Barrichello Q&A

"It was going to be hard to beat them, but I was just pushing like a pig, pushing really hard. But I was on a good day, and I had a good start. Unfortunately it was on a day when it wasn't easy, and the Michelins were stronger. But that's Formula 1. F1 is going to be all about that. I think it's going to be a tyre war pretty much this year."



"Not really. I'm not going into the race expecting that he's going to have a problem for me to have a boost. Absolutely no. I was there the whole time, I was pushing the whole time, and it was just a question just to do well when I had to do well."



"I don't know if we could have achieved better use of our pit stops, but I don't think the tyres would have held. We tried, we tried very hard to see what was for the best. But it was very hot, and we just decided to go for the two."



"Yes, but the fact is they [Michelin] were faster at the end."



"Yes it was, but not finishing the race doesn't give you any satisfaction."



"To be honest with you I have no idea what happened between Juan Pablo and Schumacher, because I was concentrating... Ralf was near and I didn't want him to fly any more, so I don't know what has been said about it."



"It got me by surprise the fact that the car was a little bit more unpredictable in qualifying than it was in the morning. I was expecting to do a faster time, but with the lap I did at the beginning I saw it was a little bit different, so I had to cope with something in that range. So it was OK to set the third time."