Simply NOT the best? |
That championship is far from over and we will continue to fight hard for it. To leave here leading the constructors' championship and being a little bit closer on the drivers' would have been great for us and also great for Formula One, but unfortunately that did not happen. We have now won eight races out of 11 and that is normally a season which has seen both team and driver dominate both championships. But I don't feel frustration with the past. |
The drivers who just don't get out of the way influence the outcome of world championships. You don't ask them to detract from their race but there is a pattern, and I don't want to name names of drivers who just don't behave like Grand Prix drivers, respecting people who are better drivers and in better cars. |
The drivers' motivation in the opening laps of that first race were mixed with frustration, they ran wide, damaged the cars, and that really set the tone for the remaining intercontinental races. |
The mathematics clearly demonstrate that we are still capable of winning both world championships, but of course it's going to be somewhat challenging. |
The psychological blow of it raining halfway through qualifying in Australia was much greater than we anticipated, |
The whole team, including the drivers, psychologically over-reacted to the first grand prix and the qualifying. |
There's a point at which you've just got to take a more moral position and say, you are asking too much, and we are very close to that point. |
We anticipate long term relationships with both Kimi and Juan Pablo and consequently, the team is not in negotiations with any other driver, including Michael Schumacher. |
We anticipate long-term relationships with both Kimi, who is currently competing in his fourth season with us, and Juan Pablo (Montoya). |
We anticipate long-term relationships with both Kimi, who is in his fourth season with us, and Juan Pablo Montoya, |
We are very comfortable with the outcome of today's qualifying session and we look forward to our race strategy unfolding. |
We did not recover from that. That is where we lost the championship. We should have pulled ourselves together a bit more and we should have taken, strangely enough, a few more risks in those opening races. |
We had a great strategy and Kimi drove an excellent race. The mathematics clearly demonstrate we are still capable of winning both world titles, but of course it is going to be somewhat challenging. |
We think there has been some showmanship from some of the teams but, at the end of the day, if we are not there we won't be too far away. |