Takuma Sato Q&A

"Unfortunately Giancarlo couldn't stop and he hit me. I was already side-by-side with Olivier Panis, and I almost overtook him, and I thought it was very respectable for everybody and it was a good turn-in. But then I had a hard impact! I saw that Giancarlo had been damaged and I realised what had happened."



"It was disappointing and also frustrating of course, but I couldn't complain, because it's such a tight corner at Turn One, and obviously sometimes things happen like this. It's such a shame. But then I was lucky because I could come back to the pits and change tyres. The sidepods had been damaged so aerodynamically it was wrong, and I was really fighting the car a lot. We lost some oil and water, and engine wise it was pretty on the limit. But I brought it home in one piece, which was good."



"There was no result because I lost two laps or something, but for me the racing spirit is still there. When I was slipstreaming Eddie Irvine I was really excited about it. And also if somebody closed up I had to let them go, because the flags were waving because I was being lapped. After I let them go I tried to keep close ton him and do some racing."



"Unfortunately! It shouldn't happen, but sometimes it's really difficult to judge things like that."



"Yes. The British GP is like a second home race for me because I've been competing in British racing for the last few years. So I'm really looking forward to it. And obviously the team is a Silverstone-based team."



"We've done a couple of tests - not a huge amount - but I think we'll be in reasonably good shape."