Bruno's Blog

There were a lot of positives to take out of Silverstone, even though I didn't score quite as many points as I was hoping for. We showed a lot of pace, scoring our second pole position in a row on Friday, and then I was leading the Saturday feature race quite strongly. Then, unfortunately, it went wrong for us.

In difficult conditions, and a set-up that made the car very nervous, I ran wide at Stowe and lost some places. This was another lesson for us to learn: our qualifying set-up was perfect, but we just went too hard on the set-up for the race.

There were some strange conditions on Saturday, I've never seen our pace drop by five-six seconds per lap before - that's a lot! No matter how good my lap was in qualifying, I'd never expect that much of a drop-off. We've now learned now you have to cope with that.

The payback came on Sunday. It's always nice to win a wet race, because you are racing against the conditions as well as the other guys on the track.

I was quite dominant, and able to control the gap over Lucas di Grassi, so I was quite happy with that. I was in the best place - at the front - so I didn't have any spray to contend with until I was lapping the backmarkers.

The car was perfect to drive, so I could push whenever I needed to, to increase my lead. I think I read the conditions well, and I knew when it rained harder that there would be puddles forming, with the risk of aquaplaning on the straights, so I knew it could be easy to fly off the track into retirement - look at how many people did that in the Grand Prix!

The only really dangerous part was when I caught the backmarkers: one of them spun in front of me at Club and one slowed down to let me through when there was a yellow flag.

I waved at him, not because I was angry - I realised he was trying to help me - but because I wanted him to speed up a bit, so we could get past the yellows and I could lap him without risking a penalty!

I really enjoy these fast, flowing tracks that we are racing on at the moment. I was fast at Magny-Cours, where I should have had two good results but I was let down by mechanical problems in both races, which it looks like we have sorted out now, and Silverstone was obviously very good too.

I'm really looking forward to tracks like Hockenheim, Monza and especially Spa. I feel like I've really got the hang of the car now, and I've learnt how to maximise my laptime when we're running with new tyres in qualifying.

Together with the team, who are doing a great job, we're feeling more and more confident to push over this second half of the season, which is what we need to do to overhaul Giorgio [Pantano] and beat him to the title. I've had two bad weekends, Turkey and Magny-Cours, where he had good ones. He's only had one bad weekend, Monaco, so that's the reason why he has an advantage in the points.

I don't really care about that at the moment: my focus is on me and the team. We are quick and competitive everywhere. My aim is to stay at the top, especially when he has a bad weekend, and there are plenty of points still to be won.

Giorgio has been around a while and he is very consistent - he's a really good rival for me. I've fought him on track a few times, and he's my perfect reference point because he's very quick and experienced.

I'm second only to him at the moment, which is okay for now, but I'm working on not being second to anyone. I want to beat everyone else and win this title.

I'll end clarifying my situation regarding Formula One, because there has been a lot of speculation in the press recently, especially in Brazil. It's quite funny in a way, because I've read that I've already signed for three teams! Great, I've got three contracts to choose from!

At this stage there is nothing definite with any F1 teams, and I think that maybe my good performances have led to people in the F1 paddock and the media paying attention to me, but I have to keep my mind focused clearly on GP2. My real work is to be done on the circuit, where I have to be is consistent on the race track and win this GP2 Series.

Then I know I will be ready to move up to F1.