Q: Ross, in Canada we saw the two Ferraris racing against one another. Now, I know that they are not meant to not race one another but is there a slight change of philosophy that they are allowed to race one another, given that the team is so far ahead of everyone else?
Ross Brawn: I don't think it's a particular recent change of philosophy. It's been an open situation for a couple of years now, I guess, since the FIA made it clear that they wanted the teams to take a different approach. Since the FIA clarified the situation we've had an open approach between the two drivers. Their instructions are clear - don't knock each other off but you're free to do what you can and is sensible.

I went to the Ferrari day in Mugello last year and there were four Ferraris circulating and they all came back with little dings in them and bodywork damage so I figured that what they were doing on Sunday was nothing compared with what they did in Mugello last year, so I wasn't too worried. They were all touching each other and (that created) little battle scars everywhere.

Q: Was it a sight that you relished on Sunday?
Ross: It made me a little bit anxious because you could see all the scenarios and if the drivers had tangled then two lead Ferraris (would have been) out of the race. That would have made a good headline. So you get a little bit anxious but the drivers knew each other's strategies and they were free to race each other. I have to find it amusing rather than frustrating, but I had a journalist come up to me after the race and say 'why didn't you let Rubens past, because you spoiled the race by not letting him past?' And I said 'well hang on, most of the time you are criticising us for not letting the drivers race. Now you are telling us you should let one driver past the other.' We do our best and I think it was exciting. Rubens knew he had a little less fuel than Michael. He had to try and get past if he was going to beat Michael, and Michael managed to keep him behind.

Q: Rubens, was it a little frustrating not being able to get past?
Rubens Barrichello: Yeah, in a way, because, as Ross said, I knew that Michael at least had one more lap than I did because I didn't want to ask too much, because there are so many ways you can go after the first pit stop but I knew he had a little bit more than I did. I had only one real chance. Michael was fair keeping his line and I came on the inside. I thought for one moment that I had him, because I was alongside. But I had that time with DC, with Coulthard a couple of years back when he went on the outside and he pushed me to the outside as well so we both went straight. So at that time I said I would do my best to brake as late as possible, try to overtake him but I will manage to do the chicane because that's when it matters, because if Michael goes straight on, then I will take the chicane, he will eventually have to let me by and, having that in mind, I had a little bit lower grip than him on the inside and he managed to hold sideways to make the chicane. But it was very much on the limit and I don't think I could have done anything different. I tried my best to get him at that time.

Q: Is it frustrating to be racing, to be in the same team and be trying to beat Michael Schumacher?
Rubens: No, no. Have you ever seen somebody trying to overtake Michael as a team-mate? Never. So I am the first one so I must be proud of that. There are so many variables. When you get out of the car… with the journalists, there are so many controversies and so many things that go on. I don't really care about that. I just am there to race for myself, to race for Ferrari, to have fun, and I've had a lot of fun. It was frustrating at the end because if I could have gone past Michael I think I could have (pulled away at) at least three or four tenths a lap. I was quicker. So by that amount I would have won the race. But that's racing. I wasn't asking him to let me by anyway, so it was good racing.

Q: And yet to finish first and second from sixth and seventh on the grid, it makes people begin to wonder that you can do it from anywhere.
Rubens: I don't think so because we were actually thinking where they hell they came with those times. We were more than a second behind and yet some time during the weekend we were more than a second ahead. All of a sudden, we were a second behind so it made us wonder a little bit what was going on. But we have a fantastic car for every circuit, there's no doubt about it, so it was just good to see that we were on the pace but we had to keep working very hard. I managed to pass Kimi, then I caught up with Michael quite rapidly and then we started to see people going into the pits so I thought, 'oh, it's going to be a good afternoon'.