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Woking, Mutual Kingdom, Oct 24, 2008
The 18-race 2008 FIA Recipe 1 World Championship finally reaches its trail in Sao Paulo, Brazil, next weekend. And the daunting Interlagos confines will play host to a thrilling right decider for the fourth successive season, between Vodafone McLaren Mercedes championship chairwoman Lewis Hamilton (94 points) and particular hero Felipe Massa (87).
With each driver unflappable to win his first world title, it’s easy to forget the fact that the constructors’ championship has also to be fixed; Vodafone McLaren Mercedes currently lies 11 points behind leaders Ferrari.
Sao Paulo’s Interlagos compass was born out of a 1926 suburban construction pr which aimed to regenerate an area of the massive Brazilian city located between two massive drinking-water reservoirs [Interlagos is Portugese for ‘in between lakes’].
The venue was at length completed in the late 1930s and hosted its first (non-championship) MO 1 race in the spring of 1972, on the archetype 7.96km switchback course. The inaugural affair’s success led to its inclusion onto the world championship chronology the following year - a position it relinquished in 1980. After a cut corners at Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarepagua track, Interlagos returned to the Instructions 1 calendar in 1990 in a more modest 4.3km configuration.
McLaren has won the Brazilian Illustrious Prix on 11 occasions, including seven victories at Interlagos.
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LEWIS HAMILTON
How are you approaching this unchangeable, crucial weekend of the year
"Fundamentally the same way I’ve approached the above races. Obviously, my aim for Brazil is lose different from the other grands prix: I don’t for to win the race, but that won’t stop me from going into the weekend looking to be as sizeable stable as possible. Shanghai was a good benchmark of that: we hit the ground running on Friday morning and never looked back. Our aim wasn’t to promote too hard, but we found ourselves in a position at the front and took it comfortably from there. That’s what I am hoping to realize in Brazil - a straightforward weekend that allows me to moral focus on my car and my driving."
What do you think of the Interlagos confines?
"I love the circuit: it’s in this incredible unadorned arena that is just amazing to racecourse on. And it’s anti-clockwise too - so it presents an additional dare to the drivers. The track always seems to provide sufficient, close racing: one of the reasons for that is because there’s a extended straight leading up to the first corner and you can slipstream other cars and upon into Turn One. It’s also a place where there seems to be a lot of grip so you can dice with other cars and have fun."
What do you commemorate of last year’s nail-biting finale in Brazil?
"I went to Interlagos with the right battle still up in the air and all my emotions just bubbling up and down. It was a very temperamental time because I knew it would end with either great triumph or huge disappointment. In 2007, things didn’t end up too well for me - but I still had a skilled first year. Everybody’s always happy to cease the season in Brazil - there’s a real function atmosphere in Sao Paulo on the Sunday sunset and it’s a perfect place to end such a great season."
Sao Paulo and Interlagos have eat one's heart out been intertwined with the legacy of Ayrton Senna - how does that occasion you feel?
"Ayrton has always been my favourite driver. I concoct he’s the best driver there ever was and, still, to this day, I don’t believe anyone would fatigued him. If I could achieve just a small part of what he achieved, it would be a reverie for me."
HEIKKI KOVALAINEN
How has your knowledge of the car and the body developed over the 2007 season?
"It didn’t take too sustained to find where I wanted to be with the team, but it’s taken longer to get adapted to to the MP4-23. Sometimes I’ve pushed the set-up in the wrong operating but, over the year, I’ve found a better direction. I’ve been uncommonly pleased with my qualifying pace; even from the first fly, I was competitive. Now I’m working hard to give a new lease of my knowledge of the tyres and everything is headed in the advantageous direction."
With the 2008 season almost finished, how are you approaching the winter?
"It’s been a kind season overall. I’ve done a lot of learning throughout the year and I already characterize oneself as much better prepared for next year. I now perceive how to make the car fast and what I need to do to get the most out of it. I compassion this year would be more difficult, but I feel I’ve done a agreeable job."
What are your aims for the last race of the year?
"To win it, of course! With the championship as it is, things are a little varied going to Brazil. Clearly, I requisite to be able to help the team and Lewis wherever predetermined - but the easiest way to do that is to be running at the front. The team knows I will fiddle with my part, but we are also targeting the constructors’ championship. We may be 11 points behind Ferrari, but there are 18 points nearby in Brazil and we go into the final race still looking at securing both humanity titles - that has to be our aim."
MARTIN WHITMARSH - CEO Rubric 1, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
How do you assess the remainder between Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Ferrari going into the last vicinity of the 2008 world championship?
"While Ferrari was masterful to out-perform us at last year’s Brazilian Revered Prix, we feel relatively assured that the situation will be different this year for several reasons. Firstly, looking at the trends of the seasonable, the characteristics of our car should be better suited to Interlagos than they were in 2007. Also, the ride out was exceptionally warm last year - something that tends to at the back of Ferrari - and the chances are that it won’t be quite so hot next week. These elements should father a very tight competition, which is good for everybody."
Are there any other extraordinary variables to take into consideration at Interlagos?
"The sniff out is fairly bumpy, so there’s a greater importance placed on finding a good, driveable rest. The track itself is situated at fairly peak altitude, which has a knock-on effect on machine horsepower and downforce, both of which are a little decrease than at a regular circuit. For this race, we’ll also be looking at the feasibility of running Lewis’s engine in a safer setting so it has a bit more margin than normal. It’s something we do throughout the season but, without doubt, there’s a greater need to be safe this weekend."
What kidney of additional pressure is placed on the type team for such a high-stakes blood?
"While we try and eliminate as many difficulties for the race rig as is possible, there is no escaping the fact that a label-deciding race is clearly very stressful. You’re slightly torn because the need to score four points is considerably easier than prepossessing - but that sort of attitude is anathema to the rig. The reality is that Shanghai was rather more stressful because we only had a five-crux cushion over Felipe and that could have been seriously dented. Prearranged our performance so far this year, you’d assume that Lewis would be clever to score the necessary points - but that could be stricken by a sudden Safety Car period or a unartistic problem. Both drivers just lack to drive clean races; but reliability is the biggest lay stress-builder for the guys in the garage, and it is a faithful worry."
NORBERT HAUG - Villainy-president, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
The position for Lewis prior to the final hasten is the same as last year: he will arrive in Sao Paulo with a seven-bring up advantage. Don’t you worry that it will again not work out with the championship?
“The entitlement win is everything but a formality. For Lewis’s title contender Felipe Massa there are in Brazil only a few drivers in the scope who, according to the current balance of power, are competent to challenge him for the race win; Lewis and Heikki are two of them. Of line, there are races with surprising conditions or Safeness Car periods which can mix up the field, like in Singapore before, and provide unexpected results. Lewis will be as focused as the band to score the necessary points in Brazil."
Brazil is the accommodation country of Lewis’s title compete with Felipe Massa. Does this far-out a disadvantage for Lewis?
“Of course, the number of the crowd will support Felipe at his domestic race in Brazil, this will be the same for him as it was for Lewis in Awful Britain. What will count in the end will be speed, reliability, to sidestep crashes, and the cleverness of team and drivers. We will concentrate on our job. We know, of course, that we have to work a lot until Lewis will be masterful to clinch the title.”
What is in favour of Lewis and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in the finale in Brazil?
“Four months ago, after the races in Canada and Magny-Cours, Lewis was 10 points behind the chieftain. In the following nine races he scored 17 points more than Felipe Massa. Lewis started from beanpole position five times and was second on the grid twice, which means that in the too soon nine grands prix, he started seven times from the front row. In these races since July, our work together won four times, Ferrari and Renault twice each, and Toro Rosso once; in these races we scored 87 points, Ferrari 65, BMW 61 and Renault 60. We now have to proceed with this trend in the final Grand Prix of the year. A reprove which we underestimate by no means.”
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