The Turkish Grand Prix is just around the corner. Will the McLaren pair of Alonso and Hamilton dominate the field once again? Will the Ferrari tandem of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen prevail? All those questions and more will be answered on Sunday’s event. But before that, the press conference for the Turkish Grand Prix gave us some of the drivers’ thoughts about the race. Present during the press conference on Thursday are David Coulthard of Red Bull, Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber, Heikki Kovalainen of Renault and Massa of Ferrari.
Heikki is confident, Coulthard pins hope on new parts, Heidfeld is comfortable with is team, and Massa is still short… LOL. Actually, Massa is going to the tracks that’re special for him.
Heikki said about the track in Turkey: "I like this circuit, they’ve done a very good job with the layout here, so I’m looking forward to driving F1 here as well."
Coulthard explained: "We’ve a new front wing to evaluate tomorrow. One of the limitations we’ve had from the car is being able to run enough front angle to balance and if it gives us what we believe it will, it should unlock a little bit more potential from this car, because rear stability generally in high speed corners is good so with some fast corners here, we could do with some more front flap."
Heidfeld admitted that: "I’ve been with Sauber a couple of years ago with Felipe, for example, and always had a good time there and I was quite certain that when BMW took over that we would move forward, but obviously not as quickly as we’ve done now. I believed that when I joined them nearly two years ago and I think we will be able to keep improving further."
And Massa enthused: "I got my first pole position, my first victory here so it’s very special. Hopefully we can repeat it, it would be fantastic. I like the track, I like the place, the country, the city and especially the track. It’s very challenging for the drivers, so hopefully I can have a great result here on Sunday."
Come Sunday, these drivers will be outdoing each other not in eloquence in answering questions from the media but on their cars. The upcoming race will be the twelfth of the season and it will be a very crucial event as after this, there will only be five more races to go. So, I think Ferrari needs to take some good points at Sunday’s race if they don’t want to be left behind by McLaren in the quest for the championships.