Kimi RAIKKONEN: Yes, it is nice to be back. But I mean it is still not where I want to be. Still second but still not very happy with how things are going. I am still not happy with the car and it is quite frustrating. Usually the qualifying has been the worst place for us but we should be strong in the race. But we will see what we can do tomorrow and hopefully we will get a good race. Like I said, it has not been easy lately in the races but we have done a lot of work and finally we have got a little result out of it, so it is good to be here and it is a good place to start with tomorrow.
Q. Kimi, you were quickest for a while in Q3. But can you be a bit more specific about how it went?
KR: I mean the issue what we have has been there always, so it has not really changed much. It is something that of course when you go into qualifying you cannot change much anymore and you need to live with it and try to get the best out of it. Both laps were pretty okay but there is for sure improvements if we get the things as we want. But like I said, we are in a good place for the race.
Q. What is your mindset going into the race as mathematically you are still in with a chance of the championship?
KR: Like I say, I don't have much to lose. For sure we want to try to win both championships but it is not going to be easy against McLaren. But I will do the best job I can tomorrow and hopefully we can fight for the win and if we can get it, that would be nice. But I don't look to the championship that much now. I just try and go and win some races and finish with a nice three last races of the season. That would be good.
Q. Kimi, Ferrari very quick in Q2 on low tanks but you didn't seem quite as happy on heavier tanks.
KR: I think I was happier with more fuel in the car. I'm still not where I want to be but it's been fighting, fighting all the time with the car but little by little we will get to where we want to be in the end. Two second places is still good but the car is still not where I want it to be.
Q. Nothing you can do to the car between now and the race, so will it better on the full tanks?
KR: Usually in the race it turns out to be not too bad but qualifying has been the most difficult thing for us, not just this year but also last year. We are still looking and trying to find exactly where I want to be. When you end up in qualifying after this morning, we were not one hundred per cent sure where we wanted to be and of course you cannot change the car much, so it wasn't easy but we're pretty happy that we've got second place after all the work that we have done and try to improve different things for me and it seemed to work a little bit.
Q. What are your own tactics going to be during these last three races; mathematically you still have a chance for the championship?
KR: I think it's as small as it was last year but it seemed to happen last year, so I try to win races and that's all really. We want to win both championships as a team, so we will see what we can do. I think that we should have a strong car tomorrow and we see if we can win, it would be nice, but if not, we try to take the maximum points from the races but we definitely just want to go for wins in the last three races and see where we end up.
Q. (Juha Päätalo – Financial Times Deutschland) Kimi, when you say that the car feels better with a full load than without fuel, can you just describe the difference between those two situations? How much easier is it with the fuel load?
KR: The set-up or the handling is better with the fuel than without quite often for me, so that's the difference.
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