PREVIO/CARRERA G.P. ESPAÑA 2006 Opciones

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Q. Pedro, what's your role this weekend with McLaren Mercedes?

Pedro de la Rosa: Well, my role is the same as in the past, for the past races. Firstly, it is to act as a reserve driver; if anything happens, I have to be ready. And then just keep in touch with the engineers, the team, the drivers, Michelin, you know, just being involved, as much as I can, if I can help, with the tyre selection, everything. We've done all the tyre testing here, prior to this Grand Prix so I'm quite aware of which tyres are here and why and help, help if I can. Nothing else.

Q. What are the particular characteristics of this circuit, what do you have to look out for?

PdlR: I think that the biggest problems everyone will face here is front tyre graining and blistering. Those are the two major factors that are always the limiting factor. Choosing a soft compound here you have to be careful about graining. The front left tyre has a very hard time on this track because all the corners are very long, you're putting load on that tyre for a long time, and you stay on the throttle for a long time as well. And then you have the blistering factor which happened last year to Fernando and other Michelin runners. That's always a risk here.


Q. We heard from Pedro about tyre choice, and there was some doubt about the tyre choice at Nurburgring. How difficult is it to make that tyre choice?

FA: It's very difficult. As Pedro said, we normally test here at Barcelona before the Grand Prix in order to chose the tyres. Sometimes we test in Paul Ricard or another circuit, to chose the tyres for a completely different circuit, and you have to guess, a little bit, to believe what the Michelin... things which will be working on that type of asphalt, temperature, conditions etc, and I think particularly here in Barcelona, because we test all winter with five or six degrees temperature. We came here in May with 25. Normally, it's a little bit different. But normally we have been really good, in the last two years, here with the tyres so I have full confidence in the right choice for this weekend.

Q. Fernando, would you like to have Pedro as a teammate or test driver at McLaren next year?

FA: For sure, Pedro knows the team very well and has lots of experience working with the team. For sure, it's great to have another Spanish driver in the team and he can help me a lot for sure, and I hope Pedro stays next year.


Q. (Heinz Pruller - ORF) Gentlemen, with the World Cup coming up, who do you think will be World Champions, and who is your favourite player?

FA: Brazil I think. My favourite player is Zidane.

FM: We are quite strong for the world cup and definitely Ronaldinho.

NR: I think Brazil is probably the favourite and Ronaldinho.

FMo: Same as my friend over there, Brazil and Ronaldinho.

PdlR: Spain obviously, and Casillas. We have to give a little bit to ourselves.


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Fernando Alonso ha centrado la mayor parte de la atención de la prensa, y ha declarado que “una de las claves de la prueba será una correcta elección de los neumáticos”. El piloto ovetense ha asegurado “no temer a los Ferrari, al menos no más que a McLaren o Honda” y que esta prueba “la afronto como una más, aunque el apoyo del público hace que tenga una motivación extra”. El actual campeón del mundo asimismo ha comentado que “no ha tenido ningún contacto con McLaren para preparar el coche del 2007, donde sería un placer coincidir con Pedro de la Rosa”.

Del mismo modo, todos los pilotos han pronosticado un resultado para el próximo Mundial de Futbol y su jugador favorito. Ha sido Brasil la más repetida como aspirante al título, a excepción de Pedro de la Rosa, que ha barrido para casa y se ha acordado de España. En cuanto al mejor jugador del mundo, Ronaldinho con tres votos ha sido claro vencedor, aunque Fernando Alonso prefiere la magia de Zidane y de la Rosa la seguridad de Casillas.