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
balance car physically tough
It was a tough race, physically and mentally, but... the car balance was just fantastic.
middle race
It was important for me to do my best. It was really hot. In the middle of the race you are tired. It's important to concentrate.
It was important for me to do my best.
mentally race tough
It is really tough. Physically, mentally I feel all right. It is a tough race, but it will be the same for everyone.
answer great happen last problem race
It's a great answer after the last race when we made a big mistake. We know what the problem was and it should not happen again.
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.
optimistic problem
We are optimistic that this problem will not re-occur.
change decided engine
There was some possibility to keep the same engine but unfortunately at the end they decided to change it,
advantage bit car expected fix grip lap last less meant second seen slower today tomorrow tricky
There was much less grip out there today than we had at the test, which can be seen from the lap times ? we are more than a second slower than last week. That meant the car was a bit tricky to drive, but we can fix that tomorrow morning. Overall, I think McLaren probably have the advantage over us ? but we are where we expected to be.
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.
brazil feeling
I think we can go to Brazil feeling very optimistic,
confident good start strong tomorrow usual
If we start as (well as) usual we can do well already in the first corner. I'm confident of that - if we get a good start then I think we can be very strong tomorrow afternoon.
afternoon best birthday crew felt few good present runs surprised today
Today is my birthday and the crew surprised me with a cake. But this was not the best present I got from the team. That was the new car, which felt good on the track. I did a few runs in the afternoon and everything went well.