Q: John, Timo Glock is somebody at the other end of the scale than Rubens, having his first season in F1. How do you feel he is developing?
John HOWETT: Very well. He had a good day today and his confidence is growing. We are very happy. He is a cohesive part of the team and he has certainly shown at times that he has the capability to do a very strong performance. We are looking forward in the next few grand prix to really seeing the full potential.
Q: He started off particularly well but the qualifying seems to have dropped off a bit.
JH: I think only the last race in Barcelona. I think he had a very strong race in Barcelona, but he didn’t manage really to get a strong lap that he had shown in the first three that he could actually put in. It is part of the growing experience in F1 and getting used to the tyres, getting used to setting up the car for both the race and qualifying. We are very happy where he is at the moment and we expect a lot more performance in the next two to three races.
Q: We have seen Jarno Trulli in the Top 10 quite a lot in the last few years, but not necessarily confirming that with points finishes. But in three out of the four races this year he has been in the points. What has changed?
JH: I think he just has confidence in the car. He is really sparkling if I can say that this year. From the Bahrain test he had confidence in the car and he is really delivering in qualifying and I think he has an extremely strong race pace.
Q: Frank, a word about Kazuki Nakajima – twice in the points. How do you feel he has got on?
Frank WILLIAMS: Well, he is very young and very sincere and earnest. He works hard at the track and away from the track and spends more time on his fitness than even Nico Rosberg does. I think if his car is good enough he will be as good as the car and he will do well.
Q: Nico seems to have been in and out of the Top 10. Is the problem with the car?
FW: We have seen him spend quite a bit of time out of the Top 10 until the time it really matters. I don’t know how many times we have qualified out of the Top 10, but I don’t think it is more than once or twice this year. But it doesn’t seem to bother him and he always seems to accelerate from 15th to 10th at the first corner and 10th to 8th by the second. It is great to watch.
Q: How do you feel you are getting on with the battle in the midfield as that really is a major battle with everybody?
FW: It is. It is unpredictable every time. You could be at the top of it or the bottom of it only covered by two or three-tenths-of-a-second at two or three circuits. It is not the place to be.
Q: But knowing you are a racer it must be very exciting to see where you are coming out of it.
FW: We worry about the amount of points we collect at the end of every year or have collected. That makes such a difference to the money, of course, and everyone’s morale and the sponsors.
Q: Norbert, we saw Heikki Kovalainen have the accident at the Spanish Grand Prix. You have seen a lot of drivers coming back from big accidents in the past. How do you feel he has come out of it?
Norbert HAUG: I think he is fine and that for us, and I think for the F1 community, is the best message of today. He came and settled into the car and just continued like he drove the car before – very focussed. He had a smile on his face this morning which was very positive. He passed the test yesterday in a very good manner, so we are all very pleased that he is back and can do a very good job.