Spa Testing (3 days), Interview with Kimi

How the big guns fired back
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Raikkonen, Alonso and Kubica were all back to their best in Britain. Mark Hughes explains.

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Q & A with Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen was back in action on Thursday following his two
consecutive victories in Magny-Cours and Silverstone, working for his
Ferrari team at the Spa circuit.

Although he has revided his title chances, the Finn showed he is still is a man of few words. Autosport.com was there to hear him.

Q. How do you feel after two victories in a row?

KR: We had two good races but this circuit (Spa) is different, so we will try to keep it up and see what happens.

Q.Do you think Ferrari’s form will change from one track to the other?

KR: We don’t know. Hopefully it will stay like this. We have to do the best we can.

Q. How do you see your chances in the championship?

KR: It is going to be hard but at least we will try and
hopefully we can catch up. We have been fighting hard all the time, it
is not easy.

Q. You are now one point ahead of Felipe Massa, has that led to a change of attitude in the team?

KR: It is the same. We go to the races the same way, you have to ask the team if there is any change but I don’t think so.

Q. Do you expect to be as competitive at Nurburgring?

KR: I don’t know, I hope we have a good package. Every circuit can be slightly different, so we have to we wait and see.

Q. Do you think you need a lot of luck to win the title?

KR: You don’t need much luck, you need a good car and good races. That is what we are aiming for.

Q. You have not been very lucky in the Nurburgring…

KR: I still like the circuit. It’s very nice to drive but
unfortunately I have not had any good results there. Unfortunate things
have happened there.

Q. How important is it to be in front of your teammate in the standings?

KR: It does not make any difference to me. We try to be in front of everybody.

Q. How problematic is the new pit entry at Spa?

Kimi Raikkonen: I don’t know, I have not come in so quickly. It may be a bit trickier but it’s okay.

Massa tested on the first two days and completed a time of 1:46.698 yesterday in dry conditions. Autosport.com says Massa stopped on the track due to a fuel consumption check planned by Ferrari. Kimi takes over testing duties finally today but in wet conditions:

Raikkonen keeps Ferrari on top at Spa

Pos  Driver        Team                     Time      Laps
 1.  Raikkonen     Ferrari             (B)  1:47.042   69
 2.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber          (B)  1:47.265   78
 3.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:47.645   75
 4.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:47.699   44
 5.  Fisichella    Renault             (B)  1:47.724   76
 6.  Wurz          Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:48.437   76
 7.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  1:48.491   76
 8.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:48.585   91
 9.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:48.610   99
10.  Barrichello   Honda               (B)  1:48.704   81
11.  Klien         Spyker-Ferrari      (B)  1:49.119   63