F1 drivers enthusiastic about Valencia street circuit
As all the Formula One drivers tried to familiarise themselves with the new Valencia street circuit by walking or cycling around it, the first impressions are nothing but good. Of course the opinions can be different tomorrow after the first two practice sessions.
During the press conference, Jarno Trulli said : "So far it is nice, warm and sunny. The circuit looks good but obviously we need to wait until we get into the rhythm of the weekend to understand what kind or what type of circuit it is as we don’t know much about it. But it looks pretty good, very well organised and obviously the atmosphere seems great because we are in Spain and for sure we will have a lot of Spanish supporters."
"I love it. I think the facility and the track, the surface, the asphalt, is all fantastic. I mean, well prepared, very, very nice," praised Rubens Barrichello
Beside the Toyota and Honda driver, Felipe Massa was very enthusiastic about Valencia as well: "I think it is pretty impressive, interesting. I think it is a pretty different track than we are used to having on the calendar. You can have maybe some corners which seem to be like Monaco but some very different corners, very long straights which even can be similar to Bahrain for example. I think it is very nice. It will be very, very dirty tomorrow because you can see that the asphalt is very, very slippery and dirty but I think it will be ok. I think it will be nice. I like the city, very nice, so hopefully we can have a nice race for us but also for the people."
McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton is very anxious to get on track tomorrow. "First of all it is great to be here in Valencia. I had a race here in GP2 in 2006 but this is really the first time, apart from the launch last year for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, into the city for me and it is a beautiful place. I think they have done a fantastic job in building the place up. It has got a great hotel and the track looks incredible. I think it looks pretty awesome, so I am looking forward to getting out on it tomorrow."
