Q. Kimi, a troublesome morning for you which would not have helped going into qualifying.

Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yeah, it was a bit unfortunate. We had some issue with the steering wheel and then I ran wide and tried to turn round but we could not find any gears anymore. That is unfortunate but the car has been pretty good. We have been losing a bit of time here and there but it was not too bad.

Q. A good Q1 for you, but how did you feel in Q2 and Q3?

KR: I thought it was better with the softer tyres but we were not so sure, so we stayed with the harder ones and it was a bit trickier than the first qualifying. Maybe we should have gone the other way but I don't know, it would probably not have a made a lot of difference but anyhow I am reasonably happy. It could have been better but it is not too bad.

Q. The drivers have been talking in general about how physical the circuit is. Talk a little bit about it being an anti-clockwise circuit. It seems quite bumpy, very hot.

KR: I think it is just hot and humid and that is the only difference. It is not very physical, there are quite slow corners and not any quick corners but it is quite bumpy in some places. That is probably the only negative thing here and hopefully for next year they can fix it. Apart from that it is a very nice place and a nice circuit to drive, so it is a nice feeling.

Q. Kimi, very good times in Q1 and Q2, so are you a bit disappointed with Q3?

KR: The result is OK if I look at what happened in the last few races. For sure in the first qualifying the car felt best and then it was a bit more difficult with the harder tyres. It was difficult to really chose which tyres to take in the end. I think the hard ones were the safer option. We missed the morning, so we couldn't really test them against each other, so that was a little bit difficult for us. It was OK. Third place is fine.

Q. Does the car feel good? You mentioned a modification that you tested at Mugello.

KR: No, we went back yesterday for today and it feels OK. There are small things that we can still improve for sure, but I'm pretty happy with it, and I think once everything is fine as we had in the first qualifying, then it seems to be quite good but if it goes a little bit off that, then it's not as quick anymore and for sure you need to have a good car if you're going to be in this kind of place, exactly where you want. I'm still happy and for sure I think we are usually a little bit stronger in the race, so I'm not too worried about it.

Q. Which is the most crucial part of the circuit as far as you're concerned?

KR: I think it's everywhere. There are a lot of slow corners and you can easily lose a lot of time in those, so you need to get everything right to be fast here. There are many areas which are tricky, so it's not easy.