Exclusive Interview with Jarno Trulli

Jarno, happy to get back on track after the break?

Yes, of course.

What are your goals for the race?

I think the best thing is to finish the race in a good position.

What type of weather are you expecting?

Like today (Editor’s note: Showers). It’s Spa-Francorchamps!

What is your assessment of the first part of the season?

It was not good enough because I had a lot of trouble adjusting to the power steering which was not working well at all, so it bothered me a lot.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t use the new direction here because it doesn’t work, so I had to go back to the old one and thus performance has dropped again.

We have many things to improve in all areas, such as aerodynamics. Next year we’ll have the KERS, which will be a step in the right direction. After that, there are plenty of other things to improve.

The biggest part of your career is behind you. What will you do after F1?

I have plenty of things to do between the wine and the hotel. I have many interests elsewhere, so we’ll see.

MotoGP riders have expressed concerns about traveling to Japan. F1 will also be going to Japan in October, are you also worried?

We’re going to Suzuka, they’re going much closer to the area where there were nuclear problems I think, so maybe they have a reason to worry but for us the situation is different so we’re going to go.

What do you think of DRS, is it good for the show?

Generally speaking, yes, apparently it’s a good thing.

As a driver, doesn’t that frustrate you a little? Hasn’t it become too easy to overtake?

Yes, but you can’t have everything in life. We wanted more overtakes and today we have easy overtakes. I think with the tires and DRS we have found a good solution for interesting races.

From our correspondent in Spa-Francorchamps