Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella, also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian professional racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and Ferrari. Since then he has driven for AF Corse in their Ferrari 458 GTE at various sportscar events, becoming twice a Le Mans 24 Hour class winner, and a GT class winner of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. He was also Ferrari's F1 reserve driver for 2010...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth14 January 1973
CityRome, Italy
fantastic last memory race totally year
Last year, the first race of the season, a fantastic memory. This year it was totally different.
balance bit good struggling
I was struggling a little bit today. I couldn't get a good balance on the car.
good opportunity race second
Second on the grid. It's a good opportunity to do well in the race again.
closer definitely maybe quick recent
Maybe we are not as quick as McLaren still, but I definitely think we can be closer than in recent races.
changed few practice starts
We have changed a few things and done some practice starts (in testing).
optimistic problem
We are optimistic that this problem will not re-occur.
areas carefully choose circuit difficult fact grand lines means street traffic
The fact it is a street circuit means there are some traffic lines on the asphalt, so it we get any rain, then you have to choose the line very carefully because these areas are slippery. It can make for a difficult Grand Prix.
balance car couple great lap mistakes pace quicker quite second target
At the end the car balance was quite good. On my second lap we were quicker but I made a couple of mistakes in the first part of the lap, but we have a great pace for the race. The target is to be first into the first corner.
car found great problem
It wasn't a great day for me, but we found a problem and now the car is OK.
atmosphere best circuit coming fantastic feeling forward friendly good great last looking memory nice optimistic people race winner won year
There's a fantastic atmosphere here for me. There is a great atmosphere in Australia, the people are really friendly and it's a nice place. The circuit is not the best circuit for me, but it's good. I've got a good feeling and I won last year so I have a good memory (of this circuit). Coming here and being the winner of the last race is fantastic for me so I am really looking forward to it and I am really optimistic for Sunday, again.
easy fantastic track
At the beginning, the track wasn't fantastic and it was easy to make mistakes,
afternoon best birthday crew felt few good present runs surprised today
Today is my birthday and the crew surprised me with a cake. But this was not the best present I got from the team. That was the new car, which felt good on the track. I did a few runs in the afternoon and everything went well.
confident good start strong tomorrow usual
If we start as (well as) usual we can do well already in the first corner. I'm confident of that - if we get a good start then I think we can be very strong tomorrow afternoon.
best bit good lead took
I am a little bit disappointed but I did my best and it was a good day for us because we took over the lead on the constructors championship,