佐藤琢磨 - コメント

2004年第13戦ハンガリーGP

プレビュー
"I haven't driven the new Hungaroring circuit yet, but it looks more interesting now with the additional overtaking opportunities. Our car has basically been a very strong package all year, even though we recently experienced a few races where our performance was not as we expected. However, at the last race in Germany I felt that we were heading back in the right direction, so I believe that a good result is possible for us in Hungary. I have had a nice holiday over the past two weeks and am really looking forward to getting back to racing next week."


プラクティスレポート
"I'm happy with our performance today and I think this is a good indication of how strong we will be this weekend. I haven't driven the new circuit before as the track was changed for last year when I wasn't racing, so I had some acclimatisation to do this morning. The car is very strong though and I think we should be on similar pace as we were in Germany three weeks ago. I have come back from the three week break feeling physically and mentally relaxed and I'm really looking forward to the weekend."


クォリファイレポート
"I'm really pleased with my lap. We expected to be strong here after Germany and this has proved to be the case. I think the weather has taken everyone by surprise and the last few runners this afternoon - including myself - were lucky that the rain held off until after the session. It's a great bonus for the team that we have both cars on the second row of the grid tomorrow. I feel confident about the race and my focus now will be on achieving my objective of a podium finish."


レースレポート
"I had a difficult start. I got off the line reasonably ok but at turn one I was outside Alonso, put a wheel off-line and into the dusty area. I lost traction and several cars managed to get by me over the next few corners as I lost momentum, so it was a tough opening lap. I did my best to recover then towards the end of the race we were a little bit concerned about falling oil pressure so we had to adapt. The most important thing though is that we got both cars to the finish in the points, so now we go to Spa and look forward to a strong race."