GP Spain: FIA Thursday press conference
Q: What are your feelings about the changes to the circuit? Is it better for racing, is it better for you drivers?
Vitantonio Liuzzi: “It will give more chances for overtaking in the race because we go from a slow corner before the beginning of the straight and I think it might help to make a better spectacle and more fun in the race. Before, for sure, it was more demanding with two high speed corners which was maybe nicer from the drivers’ point of view, but it’s much better now from a racing point of view.”
Q: Tonio, what about the changes to your car in the test and what sort of a difference do you think it’s going to make here?
VL: “For sure we had some updates in the car, quite a lot, I have to say, but for sure, all the other teams will have improved as much as ours, so I don’t know and I don’t think it will make a big difference in races. We are not where we expected to be anyway at the beginning. We are always explaining the fact that we didn’t test at the beginning of the season. We had a month less than anybody else in testing, and we are still paying for that.”
“We thought it would have been easier to catch up but now we have had quite a few bits. We are still waiting for the big one to come, and hopefully by Canada it will be time to make a big step forward. We are positive because now, with the new technical director and the entire new group, we are growing quicker, let’s say, and we are positive, but for sure we are optimistic for this race, but I think the big change for us will come in a couple of a races.”
Q: People are talking about you perhaps moving up to Red Bull Racing; is that something you feel ready for, to move up to what might be termed the senior team within Red Bull?
VL: “Inside the Red Bull world, we don’t see a team one or a team two. I’m happy to work with Toro Rosso because it’s a totally Italian group. For sure, this year we’ve had this disadvantage of no testing and we started with this big handicap.”
“I felt ready to have a strong season when the team was ready to have a good car, but now we are both struggling and we are having good times and bad times and at the moment we are struggling. But regarding the step into Red Bull, I don’t know if it will happen. I’m happy to be with Toro Rosso and I’m anyway happy to be in the Red Bull world because they have supported me for many years and I want to give back the help that they’ve given me in the past.”
Q: One month without a race, is that good?
VL: “Definitely, too much, especially because we have just one testing in between since February. I would prefer to have it every week.”