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Choice excerpts:
Choice excerpts:
Q. Sebastian, Red Bull always bring loads of modifications to every race.
Sebastian VETTEL: ... I had a haircut. I saw Fernando had one to. I dropped more than he did, so I hope that our car will make a bigger step than his and we can stay ahead, so we have to see. Obviously it is a lot of work tomorrow. Not quite sure if we are in the right country. Usually it is always sunny. It is quite cold I think for Spain, but if any, it should help us coming from the north. We are used to this kind of weather but wouldn't mind if it was a bit warmer, so what is wrong with your country?
FA: You have to go to my home town. It is hot.
Sebastian VETTEL: ... I had a haircut. I saw Fernando had one to. I dropped more than he did, so I hope that our car will make a bigger step than his and we can stay ahead, so we have to see. Obviously it is a lot of work tomorrow. Not quite sure if we are in the right country. Usually it is always sunny. It is quite cold I think for Spain, but if any, it should help us coming from the north. We are used to this kind of weather but wouldn't mind if it was a bit warmer, so what is wrong with your country?
FA: You have to go to my home town. It is hot.
Q. Pedro, again it is a circuit you know very well but it hasn't always been lucky for you in F1. But tell us about it in other formulae.
PdlR: I think you don't want to know... It hasn't been a lucky track for me. I raced in 1991, it was my first ever race here in Formula Renault and I did not finish. My only race finish here is in 1999, my first ever race in Formula One. Since then for one reason or another I have not seen the chequered flag, so I am really looking forward to a change of luck here at home in front of my friends, my family. Don't forget my parents live just 10 minutes away, so they can listen to the engines every day, so I am really looking forward to this one and that is about it. Let's hope we revert the luck. We have been so lucky the first few races. I just want to change it a little bit.
Q. Change the luck.
PdlR: We need bad luck basically. We have had too much luck the first four.
PdlR: I think you don't want to know... It hasn't been a lucky track for me. I raced in 1991, it was my first ever race here in Formula Renault and I did not finish. My only race finish here is in 1999, my first ever race in Formula One. Since then for one reason or another I have not seen the chequered flag, so I am really looking forward to a change of luck here at home in front of my friends, my family. Don't forget my parents live just 10 minutes away, so they can listen to the engines every day, so I am really looking forward to this one and that is about it. Let's hope we revert the luck. We have been so lucky the first few races. I just want to change it a little bit.
Q. Change the luck.
PdlR: We need bad luck basically. We have had too much luck the first four.
Q. Fernando, I want to remind you of a little story. A few years ago when we were going around on the drivers' parade and we had just come from Imola where Michael (Schumacher) had just turned Imola red, we came here and you looked around and said, 'not so red this weekend' and it was all blue and yellow. What's it going to be on Sunday?
FA: I think it will be more blue.
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Q. (Alvaro Faes – La Nueva Espana) Fernando, can you tell us what your feelings are when you drive in this Spanish Grand Prix and you see the huge amount of fans that are filling the grandstand, and what do you expect in this first year of you wearing the Ferrari colours and the fact that there is a new T-shirt from Ferrari in blue? I don't know if you have seen it.
FA: Yes. ...
FA: I think it will be more blue.
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Q. (Alvaro Faes – La Nueva Espana) Fernando, can you tell us what your feelings are when you drive in this Spanish Grand Prix and you see the huge amount of fans that are filling the grandstand, and what do you expect in this first year of you wearing the Ferrari colours and the fact that there is a new T-shirt from Ferrari in blue? I don't know if you have seen it.
FA: Yes. ...
Q. (Carlos Miquel – Diario AS) Fernando, Pedro and Jaime; it's the first time that there have been three Spanish Formula One drivers in the press conference. What's the best quality of your compatriots, Pedro, Fernando, Jaime and do you think that Spain could win a championship of nations with the same car?
PdlR: OK, age first, yeah? Man, you've asked a lot of questions there, eh? I think that we could definitely win, for sure. We are the Spanish Armada. It's renowned to be strong. It would be fun, it would be fun actually. I think Germany would be quite tough to beat, especially, but anyway, we would be there. ...
FA: More or less the same as Pedro's answer. I think now that Spain could be favourite in this hypothetical championship, with Germany as well and Brazil may be.
BS: Thank you.
PdlR: OK, age first, yeah? Man, you've asked a lot of questions there, eh? I think that we could definitely win, for sure. We are the Spanish Armada. It's renowned to be strong. It would be fun, it would be fun actually. I think Germany would be quite tough to beat, especially, but anyway, we would be there. ...
FA: More or less the same as Pedro's answer. I think now that Spain could be favourite in this hypothetical championship, with Germany as well and Brazil may be.
BS: Thank you.
Q. (Andrea Cremonesi – La Gazzetta dello Sport) Fernando, have you unwound in your mind the start in China and how to recover from that mistake? And how much can you gain with the F-duct on this long straight?
FA: Yeah, the start in China was quite good. I overtook two cars. I think I could have overtaken more cars if I had started a little bit earlier but I will not try, hopefully.
FA: Yeah, the start in China was quite good. I overtook two cars. I think I could have overtaken more cars if I had started a little bit earlier but I will not try, hopefully.