Villeneuve and Zonta happy so far

Q. Jacques, are you happy with the progress at BAR?

Jacques Villeneuve: Yes, definitely. As you can see this weekend, the team is performing well and the car is very strong, so there is nothing negative to be said on that side.

It is more in the area of reliability where we have had far too many problems this year. But it is going to be fixed.

Q. Is it frustrating?

JV: When you're racing and sweating hard, and suddenly all the work you've done up to that point comes to nothing, then it is very frustrating.

But at the same time you remind yourself why you made the decision to go there and why you have worked so hard up to that point. You know it will pay off if it eventually works properly.

Q. Why was your team-mate quicker than you are today?

JV: Well, he didn't drive much since April, so I guess he was excited to get back in the car again.

Q. Is that true, Ricardo?

Ricardo Zonta: Yes, I think so. The last time I drove was at Interlagos, because when I tried to drive at Silverstone last week the weather was so bad that I only did five installation laps before coming here. Now I am starting to brake with my right foot, and I spent a few laps to get used to it, but I had no problems.

Q. Jacques, have you talked to the other F1 guys about Indy? Have you warned them about those walls?

JV: We're not going to be using the oval, so it won't be a problem. OK, we will be using turn One, but it will be coming out of a slow speed corner.

We won't even be close to being on the edge of the car's performance, so it will be like a straight line. But I haven't talked about this with any other drivers, so I have no idea what they think.