Question: Adrian, you started the season with high hopes - what is left from those hopes?
Adrian Sutil: Well, it’s been quite a good season, lets say. We’ve finished almost all races. We do our improvement steps on the car. We’ve brought another here to Silverstone so everybody is quite excited to see how the car performs, but in general I can say sometimes we are close to the points - sometimes even racing in the points - and that is what I’ve expected, so I am pretty satisfied.
Question: At the Turkish Grand Prix you made it into Q2 and said that for you it felt like having clocked pole position. So qualifying showed that the pace is improving. Unfortunately you couldn’t transform that into a race result. What happened?
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Adrian Sutil: Ah, it was an extra good qualifying for us. It felt really, really good. Probably some teams had some problems that got us there, but I had great pace so Q2 was well deserved and unfortunately I couldn’t show that in the race. Honestly I didn’t expect to make it to Q2 in Turkey because this is a really tricky track for us so, as I said, it felt like pole. Probably in the race the strategy was not perfect, but it was still ok. I struggled a bit with the soft tyres at the end. I did a very good first and second stint, but then at the end the pace was not there.
Question: Wasn’t it an unusual feeling to be ‘sandwiched’ between two McLarens, and your good friend Lewis Hamilton even behind you?
Adrian Sutil: It was a bit strange, true, but then we had this situation quite a few times so I’m getting used to it and it is nice to race against big teams. It’s good for us as a team - and racing against Lewis is always a pleasure. We respect each other, but we nevertheless fight hard - and there was hard fighting on the first lap and I really enjoyed that.
Question: Silverstone is home turf for the team, with the factory barely a mile away. That must give an extra boost. What are you taking from that this weekend?
Adrian Sutil: It is really nice for us to be here. All the people from the factory come here to the paddock and see for themselves what they are working so hard for. So to try to put on a good performance here is a matter of honour.
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