Ahead of this weekend's inaugural Turkish Grand Prix, Sauber driver - soon to be joining Michael Schumacher at Ferrari - has revealed that he has already 'won' a Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park track.

"I'm looking forward to racing in Turkey, because I have already won there in the C24," says the Brazilian.

However, before his rivals start bombarding the FIA and consulting their lawyers, the youngster adds: "I did the race simulation on my Play Station, and I won! And I did on the difficult level, against all the other championship runners!

"From what I have seen I think the track layout is not too bad and usually these computer games are very accurate in the way they depict the circuits," he adds.

"There are some quick corners, elevation changes and long straights - it's a bit like the latest Nurburgring with a long back straight with a quick corner in the middle. It will be extremely hot there so it will be a difficult race for everyone, but we have improved the balance of our car in fast corners a lot lately and I am really looking forward to see how well the track suits the C24 in real life!"

His teammate, Jacques Villeneuve, famously prepared for his first trip to Spa Francorchamps by practicing on a computer game. In real life he finished second to Michael Schumacher.