Question: Fernando, you are in the strongest position.
Fernando Alonso: I think we will still see how Friday goes, how Saturday goes as to how we approach the race on Sunday. I think it will depend on how the weekend is going. We will change the tactics depending on how competitive we are or which positions we are.
Question: Fernando, your car’s strengths around here?
Fernando Alonso: Well, I think we don’t have the cornering speed of Red Bull and maybe we don’t have the straight line speed of McLaren but that has been more or less the season so far for us. We are not the best in the straight line, we are not the best in the corners, but in general overall we are always quite competitive. We can adapt to any circuit in a good way, so I feel relatively confident for the performance of the car but let’s see how it is going.
Question: On Sunday there will be one guy who will be the World Champion and the three others will not be. If you are not the one how much of a disappointment will it be?
Fernando Alonso: Obviously, you feel sad if you lose in the last moment. My case, I will not really have anything to be disappointed about in 2010. The last two years I was fighting to be in Q3 most of the times. Ferrari had a tough year in 2009 as well, so this first year of the relationship we are fighting for the world championship in the last race of the championship against two Red Bulls who are dominating by far the season in terms of speed, so overall I think it doesn’t matter on Sunday. It will be a great memory of 2010 to have challenged.
Question: Fernando, there have been a number of parallels between your career and Mark’s. Mark started at Minardi a year after you, you’ve had the same manager. I just wondered what your thoughts were on Mark as a competitor.
Fernando Alonso: Well, I think there’s nothing to say. This year he has proved how quick he can be in a competitive car. We both started at Minardi and then I was at Renault; he was very close to driving for them as well during the good years, so he missed that opportunity. Now, after a few years he has the opportunity to drive a competitive car and he’s already fighting for World Championships, so I’m happy for him. He shows the potential and the talent when you have a competitive car; when you don’t have it, it’s obviously difficult but I’m happy for him.
Question: Fernando, on Sunday Jenson said you had had a great year, but he hoped that you would win the championship by at least seven points more (than your nearest competitor). What do you feel about that, do you feel also that you should win by seven points more? Do you feel that maybe you should not take advantage of the seven points’ cushion that came through Germany?
Fernando Alonso: I think winning by seven, one or 25 is the least important thing in my mind now.
Question: Fernando, under normal circumstances, Sebastian would have won the last three races. I think that’s clear to everybody. Do you trust in the Red Bull guys concerning that if we have the same positions as in Brazil, that they will maintain their positions or do you think it’s not your turn to take all the risks to beat one of these guys?
Fernando Alonso: I think there’s not anything we can do other than try to finish second or first in the race, that is mathematically our position to win the championship, so it’s our goal, from tomorrow Friday to Sunday, our preparation will be to reach that target, being on Saturday on the first row if possible, pole position would be welcome as well, and then in the race, being first and second is our only target. It’s true that if we are not first and second, we will see how are the other positions, but it’s not our job to believe or not believe.
Question: Fernando, apart from the points, is there any cycle advantage due to the fact that you have already been World Champions?
Fernando Alonso: I don’t think so. I think arriving to this point, with one race to go, in a way we all depend on ourselves to win championships. If we win the race all of us have a strong possibility. I don’t think that there’s any advantage, experience or whatever. It’s true that for the last six years I have fought in the last race for the World Championship in four of them, so this feeling isn’t new. As I said, after Singapore, I think I prefer a new front wing in this race than all the experience I’ve got. I prefer a little bit extra performance than experience.
Question: Fernando, would you understand if the two Red Bulls would change their positions in front of you on the last lap on Sunday?
Fernando Alonso: I don’t think I would lose even one second of my energy this weekend thinking of what is going to happen on Sunday afternoon. There is much more to do: Friday and Saturday preparing the weekend in the right way, and as I said, our only picture of the race at the moment is winning it or finishing second. That’s the target and I think that’s what we’re going to achieve this weekend.
Question: Fernando, are you expecting Felipe to get amongst the Red Bull drivers and help you out or are you going to be on your own on Sunday?
Fernando Alonso: I think that will obviously be great news for us, if the car is competitive as it was on some occasions this year, in Germany for instance, Singapore, Monza, Bahrain. They were circuits where both Ferraris were able to be on the podium and if we are both on the podium, that will be a huge help for me, because we will take a lot of points. For sure, a perfect weekend for Felipe, even winning the race, will absolutely be a present for us.
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