During the usual Thursday press conference, Sebastian answered questions from reporters. In particular, he talked about the development and work of the team in the break period and the criticism received after the Bahrain GP. Below we have reported his words.
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ABOUT THE CAR AND THE #IMOLAGP:
“We're all positive and the spirit in the team is great. I'll give everything I can to help the team understand and aim for a better race this weekend. I think we're well prepared and we've learned a little bit more about the car. We're tackling the challenge one step at a time. There’s still a lot to understand about the car so it's always good to have extra time, where we can spend it in the simulator and also work to find a couple of things to help improve and understand the way the car wants to be driven”.
“It's about getting into better shape for the races, starting with this one, so time away from racing is always beneficial. I haven't grown tired of being positive! I am usually always positive. The first race wasn't that positive, but I feel more prepared. The extra time in between helped me, helped us. It's great in the team and I'm feeling really comfortable. I'm enjoying the work and the efforts that are going in. How's the car? We have a little bit of new bits for this weekend, hopefully making us faster!".
ABOUT CRITICS:
“Critic is due, critic is deserved. I think I didn't have a great race. Obviously if I had a better race, there's not much to say, but if I had races like the first one, it's also right to be criticized. Actually to me there's not many people who come and say something. It's part of our world that we're in that people have a lot to say and they normally say to other people or on camera and not to the people they talk about”.
ABOUT HISTORICAL RIVALRIES:
“As a child, I was a big fan of Michael (Schumacher) and I remember his fights with Mika (Häkkinen) - so that's the obvious one. I think nowadays the world has matured and even if you have different interests and different opinions, we've grown up as people and are able to talk to each other despite those differences. Back then, there was a certain intensity, a bit of bitterness, so we've come a long way since then. We maybe don't have those intense fights anymore off track, but it's still very intense on track. I just don't think we see rivalries quite as we used to in that sense”.
Source: Aston Martin website and SkySport
Images: XPBImages
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