Giancarlo, Renault's form here in past races hasn't been fantastic, what are your feelings? Is a podium as much as you can hope for, as Fernando has said?
Giancarlo Fisichella: I think it's too early to say. It wasn't too bad during the last test we had here. I think McLaren's pace was really strong. I think that apart from McLaren we are there, so we can fight to score points, to get on the podium for sure. Yeah, the characteristics of the circuit are maybe not perfect for our car, but I think we are still able to do a great result.

What about your own personal performances? It's almost as though if you qualify sixth or seventh you have a really good race; if you qualify at the front you don't have such a good race.
GF: I have had a lot of trouble this year. I have been very unlucky, even in the last race I had a couple of problems during the pit stop. It's not easy on that side of things. Even in Canada I was the leader of the race and I had a lot of problems, so apart from the problems, if I carry on like Melbourne, I won the race. I have a great car, I have a great team. But it's been a very unlucky period for me. I hope to change that lucky period on Sunday, already.

There's still 50 percent of the season to go.
GF: Yeah, yeah. We have a lot of races ahead. I'm looking forward to them. We have a very good car, the team is pushing really hard to develop the car in any way, the package, so I'm sure I will have other chances to win some races.

Mark, how's your bum, how did this burn happen during the French Grand Prix?
Mark Webber: It wasn't my bum, it was my hip anyway! Basically where the loom comes into the chassis, from the outside into the cockpit is normally sealed off, but it was open from about lap seven and the guys could see on the telemetry that the box got a lot hotter inside the car, and that was flowing onto my right hip which has been substantially burnt and which isn't very happy at the moment but we will see how it goes tomorrow.

Had you actually dislodged something when moving in the car?
MW: No. The seat is quite a long way away from that part, but obviously there is a lot of flow going over the cockpit so then you get a negative pressure which pulls the air through the car quite heavily, so I was getting the temperature from especially the radiator but also the exhaust going through the car. It was frustrating to have it so early in the race.

And it hasn't happened in previous races?
MW: No, no. We knew that with the new bodywork that the flow inside the car, the pressure can be a bit higher when you change things externally, the pressure can be higher so there was a problem on Friday when both Nick and I made adjustments. We made them but it wasn't enough.

What about the consistency of the car; it seems to have been very up and down so far this year?
MW: Yeah, it has been very difficult for us so far this year, no question about it. The pace hasn't been where we expected it to be, and clearly not at the level that Williams is after and we're progressively trying to get back to the front as soon as possible. Magny-Cours for both Nick and I was a very tough weekend. We both did the best job we could in the race but clearly we are a long long way away from where we expect to be, so hopefully at Silverstone we can drag back a lot of that performance and get towards the front again but it was only four days ago, so I don't expect any miracles.

And also, of course, the rhythm at the moment is just so fast with another two Grands Prix coming up and then the testing moratorium.
MW: That's right. This is the time of year when you want everything in your favour, not to be trying to dig yourself out of performance related problems, so timing is everything and at the moment we need to find more pace very quickly.

David, it's a little bit the same with Red Bull Racing, isn't it?
David Coulthard: Yeah, the actual pace in the race in Magny-Cours was comparable with Nurburgring but for the qualifying performance, we put ourselves in a bad slot. I think I had sixth fastest race lap which in previous parts of my career I wouldn't look at too much, but I think it's significant that we were quicker than Williams, obviously, as Mark has explained his problems, quicker than the Ferrari in the race, catching those guys so the car shows good pace in certain circumstances.

So what about here, is this going to be one of those certain circumstances?
DC: Well in the test we weren't that quick here relative to the others, so I think it's very much down to how the tyres perform, the track temperature on that day. We will just have a better picture on Sunday.

Not until Sunday?
DC: Yeah, because even if you've had a good test, there's no points, there's no result yet. It's in the races that you judge so we shall see.

And since last weekend we've had the news that you've signed for 2006… Is that a relief? How do you feel about that?
DC: No, relief was December last year when I signed for this year! I am delighted, I am very happy that Christian has taken steps to sort that out early, it's much earlier than I've had in previous years. It gives us a clear direction, we've made our bed and let's get on and do the best we can.