Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella, also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian professional racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and Ferrari. Since then he has driven for AF Corse in their Ferrari 458 GTE at various sportscar events, becoming twice a Le Mans 24 Hour class winner, and a GT class winner of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. He was also Ferrari's F1 reserve driver for 2010...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth14 January 1973
CityRome, Italy
areas carefully choose circuit difficult fact grand lines means street traffic
The fact it is a street circuit means there are some traffic lines on the asphalt, so it we get any rain, then you have to choose the line very carefully because these areas are slippery. It can make for a difficult Grand Prix.
great last memory optimistic sunday won year
I won last year and I have a great memory. I am optimistic for Sunday (TV, 10:30 p.m. ET Saturday).
brazil feeling
I think we can go to Brazil feeling very optimistic,
accurate although couple early feeling feels forward good happy problems promising quick shape steps testing unusual week weeks winter
I think this has been a very good week for us. I had a couple of problems yesterday, but nothing unusual for winter testing. Overall, I am very happy after these first weeks of testing with the car. At the wheel, it feels quick and stable, and we made some promising steps forward with Michelin this week on the tyre development. I think we are in good shape at the moment, although it is still too early to have an accurate feeling for the competition.
car driving fight great motivation motivational optimistic pleased quick target team
My motivation is very high. I am very pleased to be with a great team like Renault, the world champions. Also, I know I am driving a very quick car this year. My target is to fight for the championship, and I am optimistic I can do that.
car confident front session
I was confident I would be in the front two rows. But then in the qualifying session the car was just fantastic.
aiming defending fight forward good great hard looking point races rivalry score simple team title win
It is simple for me: I am aiming for the world championship. This is a team that is defending the world title and working hard to win it again, so I am looking forward to a great season. There will be a good rivalry with Fernando. And from my point of view, I want to score points, win races and be in the fight for the championship.
changed few practice starts
We have changed a few things and done some practice starts (in testing).
optimistic problem
We are optimistic that this problem will not re-occur.
car found great problem
It wasn't a great day for me, but we found a problem and now the car is OK.
balance car couple great lap mistakes pace quicker quite second target
At the end the car balance was quite good. On my second lap we were quicker but I made a couple of mistakes in the first part of the lap, but we have a great pace for the race. The target is to be first into the first corner.
easy fantastic track
At the beginning, the track wasn't fantastic and it was easy to make mistakes,
atmosphere best circuit coming fantastic feeling forward friendly good great last looking memory nice optimistic people race winner won year
There's a fantastic atmosphere here for me. There is a great atmosphere in Australia, the people are really friendly and it's a nice place. The circuit is not the best circuit for me, but it's good. I've got a good feeling and I won last year so I have a good memory (of this circuit). Coming here and being the winner of the last race is fantastic for me so I am really looking forward to it and I am really optimistic for Sunday, again.
change decided engine
There was some possibility to keep the same engine but unfortunately at the end they decided to change it,