Bruno Junqueira Q&A

"Exactly. After Monaco I had a 20-point lead, and then for three races I didn't score points. In Magny-Cours I had a problem in the second qualifying session and came down to ninth. I made a good start, but someone hit me and I spun and went behind. In Austria I got up to seventh after qualifying badly. And then in Hockenheim qualifying was again a problem, and I made a mistake before the gearbox broke. I made mistakes, I had car problems, I had traffic in qualifying, and a little bit of bad luck. It's normal in a year to have two or three bad races, but it all happened together, while Minassian had some good scores."



"I came to Hungary and knew I had to get a good result. But on the other hand I knew that even when I had problems I was on the pace every time, and I still had confidence in myself, which helped a lot. In the end everything ran alright and it was a perfect race - I had the pole, I won the race, and Minassian finished fourth."



"No, because I really want to win and I want to finish in front of him at Spa to make sure. It could easily happen that he wins and I don't score points - it already happened twice, and I won't let it happen another time. I like Spa. I think Spa and Silverstone are my favourite circuits. I'll try to do a good race there."



"I don't think it's wrong to talk, but I started to talk and the results started to come down. Before Hockenheim I stopped talking, and I decided that I have to concentrate on the F3000 championship. Because it ends early in the season I think I still have time to find something for next year. I hope that I can find a good team."



"I don't know. I'm not optimistic, I'm just trying to stay away from this, because I don't want to have a big frustration if I don't get an F1 drive. On the other hand because I'm not hoping too much, if I get it, it will be very good for me, and I will be really happy. I think I've learned in the past that I have to do my job and try to get a good team, and see what happens."



"I have a possibility to go to CART, and I also have to think about being a test driver. I like to race, but you can learn testing. If Jenson was staying at Williams, there might be more opportunities to test next year, but a new driver needs time. At the start of this year I wasn't doing many tests, but at the end of the year I will do much more, because Jenson already has a handle on the car and doesn't need to test so much."