Zoom Crunch time heading to China

Kimi Raikkonen may now be out of the championship reckoning, but the defending champion will be aiming to help team-mate Felipe Massa close his five point deficit to championship leader Lewis Hamilton.

Naturally both drivers are targeting a one-two result this coming Sunday in Shanghai following the drams of Fuji Speedway last weekend. Ferrari has a seven point advantage in the constructors' championship with two rounds remaining.

Felipe Massa
"It's always important to score more points than our closest rivals at this point in the championship, with just two races to go, so we can be pleased that we managed to do that. It was definitely not the race we had expected to have, but in the end, it was a reasonable result, with the team moving back into the lead in the Constructors' championship and for me, reducing my gap to Lewis in the drivers' from seven to five. But there are still those five points, so we need to recover even more, but I think, the Japanese result was better than nothing."

"I left Fuji on Sunday night a few hours after the race and came to Tokyo. I usually try and spend some time in Tokyo which I think is a fascinating city. I love it. It's a nice place to be and although it is similar in some ways to other large cities like New York or maybe even Sao Paolo, it is also very unique and different; certainly less chaotic than my home city! There are plenty of places to visit, the hotels are good and the choice of restaurants is amazing. I have my wife and some of my family with me, so shopping has also been on the agenda and I think my credit cards must be on fire at the moment!"

"I fly to Shanghai on Wednesday and then, the following day I will be attending the Chinese launch of the new Ferrari California road car: it will be the third race in succession that I've done this. And then it will be time to get down to work again."

"Last year, in Shanghai, I finished third in a race that began in the wet. The track itself is quite interesting and everything there is on a very big scale, although the journey to and from the circuit can be a bit painful at times with the heavy traffic. I had quite a good race last year and hope to do even better this time. I like the circuit and I think it will suit the F2008, so of course we will be aiming to get a one-two finish."

Kimi Raikkonen
"We were so low that the result at Fuji got a whole new significance. Finally I managed to start from the first row and end the race with a podium finish. The team was really glad about the points we brought back home and that we managed to get back in the lead in the constructors' championship. I have to admit that the second place in the qualifying and the third one in the race are not exactly what I was looking for, because I had the possibility to gain the pole and to win the race on Sunday."