Drivers: Rubens Barriche൲llo (Fer🅺rari), Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams-BMW), Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)

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Q:
Rubens, i♎mmense pressure there as you went out last onto the circuit....

Rubens Barrichello:
It's so amazing how life is at this moment, because I've lived here for thirty years or for twenty years and then it was just like racing the go-kart, just think the same and go for it and just try your best. That's what I did but, as I went across the line and I saw that I was on pole, my legs were very numb because it was immense pressure, because if you make a mistake now, they would probably cꦍome down out of the grandstands and kill you! It's not quite like that, but it's good pressure and there's good energy all around so... We are at the same place as we were last year so step by step, I've won one battle and I think that's very important for the race tomorrow. We have a very very good car. I'm very serene. I think there's a good chance of winning the race tomorrow but that's the biggest step.

Q:
Sensationally impressive accident your team-mate Mi🐷chael Schumacher had this morning. What sort of impact did that have on the team ๊and your preparation in terms of set-up and maybe what caused his accident?

RB:
First of all, it was a shame because it was a 'biggy'. It was a big impact and luckily Michael was okay, but he had to take his T-car and then he had no run at all and so he had to re-think a little bit. It was pretty much set, the way we were ☂going to go for qualifying. I still think Michael's going to have a really good race tomorrow but unfortunately the ten places really damaged his chances of being out there and fighting for pole.

Q:
Juan Pablo, an 🍌all Latin-American front row, great qualifying lap from you too. Talk 🦄us through that, how was sector one, for example?

Juan Pablo Montoya:
I think the sector wasn't brilliant. The first corner is a corner where you can g🔥ain a little bit or you can lose a lot and I decided just to take it a bit safer and lost a bit of time from what I could have done. But I'm very happy, the rest of the lap was very good. It would have been close with Rubens but it would have been hard to beat him anyway. I'm happy. It's the last race for Williams and I really want to thank everybody back at the factory. Williams and BMW have done a great job for me in the last four years and this is the last race for them with me, and I'm going to just try to do my best tomorrow, like I always do.

Q:
I'm sure there are a lot of Colombian fans coming to the race tomorrow. What are your thoughts on the atmosphere and how the race is going to go tomorrow with Rubens alongside you🌠 there?

JPM:
It's going to be exciting. Hopefully I can get a good start and we can keep up with them. Normally they're very quick, but my car has been feeling really🌳 good here and we should be really strong here. It w💧ould be nice to finish on a high note here.

Q:
Kimi, it looked impressive yesterday and today; McLaren look to be in very good shape💦. Is that how it seems from your standpoint?

Kimi Raikkonen:
Yes, I've been happy with the car... Okay, maybe not to start with because I spun off once but, ever since that, the car has been very 𝐆good and I was happy with the qualifying. In the corner one, the rear end got a little bit loose and in corner nine also, but otherwise it was a pretty good la𒁏p and I think we're in good shape.

Q:
Very very close between you and Juan Pablo and Rubens is only two tenths ahead; is that indicative𓆉 of how the race is going to go, do you think?

KR:
Ah, it's d☂ifficult to say what they are doing. We only know what we are doing and I think we have very good tactics so hope🌜fully third place is a better place to start than second, maybe it's more clean, I don't know but we will see how it goes, but we are going to give our best and hopefully we can win.

Q:
Rubens, I think most people in Formula One woul👍d love to see you win tomorrow. Can you just talk us through the next 12 hours from your point of view, the amount of pressure you're going to have and what it means to you to be on the pole for this Brazilian Grand Prix?

RB:
To be very honest with you, I think the pressure is already gone. I'm going to sleep on my bed which I love so much, anꩵd the thing that's going to take care of me is my son. I will get home and it will be just a normal day, playing with him, and it's going to be nice. It's just a normal day. Be here tomorrow... we have sold out of all the tickets and do what we did last year. I think last year I was very much prepared to win the race and I feel prepared to win it now. If that's what's reserved for me tomorrow that's fine; otherwise we're going to fight to get the best result out there, but I'm going to give it my best for the win.

Press conference:

Q:
As you came across the line, it's ꧅almost as though you knew at that moment you were on 🌃pole; how did you know?

RB:
Well, because I was the last car so basically they told me as Juan Pablo finished the lap that he was able to pip Kimi's time and it was a 10.8s, so when I sa🌜w the 10.6s, even though sometimes that can be a 10.68s or a 10.71s, it was better than a 10.8s so at that time I was on pole.

Q:
Could you see from the crowd's reaction as well?

RB:
Yes, absolutely, because at the end of the day, everyone is trying to save a bit🎀 of fuel and so I was going quite slowly, looking at them, and I could see them shouting.

Q:
It seems to be your most enjoyable pole ever...

RB:
Well, I tell you, last year was pretty much the same. It is almost as if I﷽ had my Saturday last year and I'm here again. I felt that last year 𒐪we should have won the race and this year is just the same. I'm still trying. I tell my public that I'm there, I'm working my way and the emotions and the energy is so good that we keep on going. If it happens or not, we're going to see tomorrow but I'm definitely trying to work for that.

Q:
Two-tenths is a pretty big margin for here.

RB:
Obviously the t﷽imes here are so close. I had a good lap. I don't know how much fuel they had, we're going to see bu﷽t the important thing is that number one, to start the race, the first big battle is won so that's nice and then we have a second one, the huge one tomorrow which is going to be a long race, 71 laps, and so on. It's physically quite hard. It's going to be a long long battle.

Q:
Did you change the car much between sessions?

RB:
I did a little bit and it worked nicely because I think the temperature went up so now it remains a mystery what the weather is going to do tomorrow. In the morning, ♎it seems like we are in England, and then in the afternoon we're back to Brazil, so it remains a mystery what⛎'s up for tomorrow.

Q:
Juan Pablo, front row of the grid. What are your feelings about that on your 🐼last race for thꦰe team?

JPM:
I'm very happy to be honest. The last race was a bit of a disaster. I think the conditions didn't help. Here, the last race for Williams and being on the front row is really nice. The team have done a really good job with me for the last four years and it is nice...you know it has🌄 been a hard season for us and to do something good in the last race would be nice. If we could win here, it is not going to be easy with Rubens, but we are going to give it our best shot.

Q:
Going into the first corner, the speed trap recorded you as being four kilometres down on what you wer🦄e in pre-qualifying. Does that surpri✱se you?

JPM:
I don't know, yeah maybe. T🐲he top speed...the trap is right on the braking of the hairpin. You know, I don't really care. What matters is how fast you do a lap and I'm pretty happ💟y.

Q:
What is going to be the main factor tomorrow?

JPM:
We can do very good consistency. We've a lot of laps and we did really good. But the main question is how quick are you. I think against the other Michelin runn🐼ers we are very competitive and we should be pretty good. The question is Ferrari as always.

Q:
Kimi, it seems almost as if it was the final seಞctor that got you back competiti꧑ve again because you lost a little bit in the first two. Was that the case?

KR:
Yeah I had a bit of a loose car into the first corner and t🍨hen c𝐆orner nine and maybe I lost some time, but I was pretty happy. The car has been good over the whole weekend so I think we will be competitive in the race.

Q:
Your rivals earlier this wee💧ken𓄧d have been saying McLaren will be strong here. Do you see this performance, third, as being as strong as you can be?

KR:
I think it was so close I think we maybe could have been on pole. But it is easy to say aft🌊erwards. I'▨m happy with what we achieved today and we hope that we are in a strong position.

Q:
Are you expecting wet weather tomorrow?

KR:
I don't know. I don't know what the weather forecast is. We'll see whౠat happens.