Rubens Barrichello Q&A

"Whenever I have the chance to win, I'm going for it. It was a fantastic strategy, and I was fighting the whole time for lap times, and improving in traffic and so on. My second set of tyres wasn't great. I think the pressure went too high, and I was possibly a couple of tenths off on that set of tyres. It was going to be close. I had a little bit more speed than Mika, so if I got it to one second, I could have fought the whole way through. But it wasn't to be."



"I'm sorry for myself in a way that I didn't do it. Since Michael won the championship I had four chances of winning. Spa wasn't great, Monza was great, I was almost there if it wasn't for a pit stop. And now in the US GP I was almost there again. So I feel sorry for the situation. It's just a very, very weak inside to the stomach that I cannot express myself - it's just that it's bad."



"Well, I tell you I'm happy. The best moment of my life just happened last week. I have to dedicate this to all the determination and all the will that my wife has put into the baby, and it's for her. I'm a happy person and being a happy person I'm a happy driver. Being a happy driver I'm a faster driver. So it's the way it's going."



"When I got back to about 2.6s or 2.8s off Mika I started to have a little bit of a feeling that the engine lost a little bit of power. After two laps it was evident that I completely lost the power, and they were telling me to short-shift, and there wasn't anything we could do. It was just wait and drive. The thing is the car was so good, even though I had no engine at that time I was still going fast into the corners. You could see when people were overtaking me. I feel sad about it, but what can I do? I'll be back in Brazil seeing my son in a few hours."



"For the car we had, I think it was the right one. For Michael, starting on pole position, it was a different matter. I was fifth, so I had to try."



"He was telling me to look after the tyres but push, and I was doing that."



"Montoya was hard but fair, as always. That's how it's going to work every time we're going to fight for it, if he's coming to pass me or the other way around. I think it's been a great fight."



"Oh yeah, it made a difference. He was quite quick on the straight, I was lucky I could grab the tow, and off I went."



"I like Mika a lot. But I cannot wish him too well right now, because I'm feeling bad that I did not win the race. Mika's such a great guy, and I like him winning. I feel sorry that he's going, but right now I just feel sorry for myself, and not for him."



"Absolutely. I go to Japan looking forward. What is missing, I don't know. I keep on trying. I'm determined to win in this life, and I will win in this life before everything is over!"