It's amazing that already my first F1 season is over - Sutil

In advance of this week's Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, Spyker Formula One Team driver Adrian Sutil talks about his expectations for the last race of the season. The rookie driver can hardly believe that his first season in F1 is almost over.

"We thought the heavy rain would come, but it didn't, so it was a wrong tyre decision with the extreme wets the first time, but if you are at the back, you have to take these risks. I was hoping for sure that the rain would come down, but there was not enough, and I just saw my chances going away. Then also a second time, we put on the dry tyres a little early and the rain came again. For two laps there were spots of rain and especially in the last sector the rain was coming down. It was the wrong place to be with these tyres, and I smashed the car into the wall suddenly. It just turned right."

"It was a different incident, although I saw Ralf walking away in front of me when I got out of the car. I just went straight on and suddenly the car went to the right, there was a patch of water. That's why many teams stayed for a long time with the wet tyre, which was quite quick. The difficulty is to get the dry tyre up to temperature in these damp conditions and it is very easy to go off."

"It's the first time I'll be there, and I'm looking forward to seeing another new track after China. Hopefully it will be a better weekend! I only know the circuit from TV. Obviously it has a really long straight and it's very bumpy, so for sure it won't be easy to set the car up. We've seen already in other tracks that the car is a better in low downforce spec, so we will run as little as possible."

"It's gone very quickly, it's amazing that already my first F1 season is over. But I think after 17 races everybody needs a little break! I'm looking forward to having some free time after the end of the season."