Colin, regarding two weeks ago, is it true that you didn't want to race and then you decided you were going to race? Could you clarify that?
Colin Kolles: That's not true, for sure. It was always the question: how to race? It was never the question not to race. If we race with a chicane? Without chicane? Or the other teams are racing through the pit lane or whatever, but it was always that we race, including Minardi.

Was that something that you consulted with Trevor Carlin who is retained as a consultant?
CK: No. There is also some time difference and there was so much around.

Yesterday we heard that the programme with the new car is to be the third car for this race and the British Grand Prix; how did it perform today?
CK: To be honest with you, I was a little bit late because I missed my plane so I didn't have the chance to meet with all the engineers and all the people. Robert (Doornbos, third driver) was quite happy with it. Both drivers were happy after Barcelona. We had some overheating problems and they are trying to sort them out. It was running for more laps here and I've heard it's getting better.

Is there a chance that you might race it in England?
CK: We would like to race it in England but we want to have more mileage on the car and we will have a Paul Ricard test after Silverstone, two days, so, as I always have said, we want to be reliable and to get some points if we are lucky. It's still the same direction.

What difference does it make now that you have got the points from the US Grand Prix?
CK: For the moment, no difference.

But what about the cash from…?
CK: Yes maybe, but I don't know how much cash at the moment.

Jean, can I just ask you to clarify your position regarding the potential chicane at Indianapolis because I still hear from people, and you told me on the Sunday night, that you never spoke about a chicane? Can you just clarify that position please?
Jean Todt: No, I didn't say that to you on Sunday but maybe it was jet lag for you and you misunderstood. I simply said that Bernie (Ecclestone) came and while we were having a meeting… the pre-race meeting with the drivers and with a few technical people including Ross Brawn, and he came into the room which incidentally was close to his office and he asked us 'what about a chicane?' And I said, it was not our decision to speak about a chicane or not. During the press conference, I was asked 'but if you would have been told about the chicane, what was your position?' and I said 'we would have been against it.'

And after the US Grand Prix, you were told that Rubens had said he was unhappy about the situation during the race. Can you clarify whether you have spoken to him, whether you've sorted that out?
JT: You know, a racing driver always wants to win, whatever the circumstances, but in all fairness, I don't think that you can talk about the race at Indianapolis. Saying that, our drivers drove a strong race, you could see that, it was obvious, you could see the lap times during the race, and the aim was to win the race. He did not win the race and of course he was frustrated and then, you know, it was like a temperature which has since calmed down and it was over.

So you've managed to calm the situation…
JT: I did not manage it, it came on its own, so I did not have to do anything.

Jean, this year, to what extent do you feel that Bridgestone has compromised performance for safety during the first part of this year?
JT: You know I try to avoid getting in to any kind of controversy, so Bridgestone and I have been saying that since years, mainly since the beginning of the season… because if you win then tyres don't interest anybody. We have been winning so much in the last years, and every time we have said how important (they are) because without Bridgestone we would not have won as much as we did. This year, we did not win, and immediately we tried to find a reason. We tried to find a reason, and of course, it was a lot about the tyres. It is true to say that the biggest difference between last year and this year is the tyre regulations, and together with Bridgestone, we probably didn't do a good enough job to be as competitive as we wanted. We are working very hard. I think we have improved the situation over the last races and I hope we will improve for the next race. Saying that again, Bridgestone, together with Ferrari at some time decided to compromise performance for safety, which we did. It also happened this year that we had to stop because we simply could not finish the race. You say Rubens in Bahrain, you say Michael in Barcelona. So we learned from that and the tyres we took in Nurburgring, for example, were definitely a compromise. They were not the quickest tyres, but we knew we could finish the race.

Hiroshi, we quite often hear that the specifications of tyres are very very close. Now the FIA say that you should have a primary and the option is the safety net. Is that always the situation?
Hiroshi Yasukawa: Actually this year's regulations have had a very strong impact, how to make the tyres. But our company is always concerned about safety issues first. Then afterwards, we discuss with the teams, and we chose different compounds or construction or whatever. But whatever, the first issue is always the safety issue.