A difficult weekend - Fisico

The Italian ING Renault F1 Team driver, Giancarlo Fisichella, expected to take advantage of changing conditions during today’s race, but events decided otherwise. Fisichella finished the European GP in 10th place.

"I’m disappointed like the whole team. When a race is turned on its head by the rain there’s always the possibility of getting an advantage from the situation. We didn’t manage to do that. It’s a shame. The weekend was difficult for Renault from Friday morning to this evening."

"It was pretty hectic! I lost a few places on the first lap as I was on dry rubber when the storm started. Then when the track was dry enough to change tyres, I had to wait my turn behind Heikki. And finally, the car had a very heavy fuel load. It wasn’t that it was difficult to drive; it was just too slow because of that."

"I think we’ll have analysed the information collected here at the Nürburgring and that we’ll have learned from it. Next week’s test will also be useful. The aim will be to be back on the pace from the start of practice in Budapest."