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
cars equally exactly identical team thinks treats
The team treats us exactly equally - our cars are identical and no-one thinks about 2007.
balance bit good struggling
I was struggling a little bit today. I couldn't get a good balance on the car.
choice hard hot knew perfect physically push race tough
It was a perfect race for me but was tough physically and mentally. It was really, really hot and I knew it would be hard but there was no choice but to push all the way to the end.
great last memory optimistic sunday won year
I won last year and I have a great memory. I am optimistic for Sunday (TV, 10:30 p.m. ET Saturday).
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.
chance circuit fight races shown
In the winter, I said I wanted to go for the championship and these races have shown that I have the chance to do well at every circuit and to fight for the title.
change decided engine
There was some possibility to keep the same engine but unfortunately at the end they decided to change it,
accurate although couple early feeling feels forward good happy problems promising quick shape steps testing unusual week weeks winter
I think this has been a very good week for us. I had a couple of problems yesterday, but nothing unusual for winter testing. Overall, I am very happy after these first weeks of testing with the car. At the wheel, it feels quick and stable, and we made some promising steps forward with Michelin this week on the tyre development. I think we are in good shape at the moment, although it is still too early to have an accurate feeling for the competition.
easy fantastic track
At the beginning, the track wasn't fantastic and it was easy to make mistakes,
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.
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.
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.
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.