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Ferrari won in Brazil last year when they were perhaps more competitive than their rivals, so how did Baldisseri rate their chances this year? "The car this year is a bit different than the past year. Last year we tuned the tyres, we had Bridgestones, so we basically decided the tyres to have. This year it's different, because we have to stay on what Bridgestone bring and they have decided to bring the soft and super soft. This, to be honest, is not our preferable choice because historically this year, we were struggling where we had that couple of compounds. And you know the tyres are quite important in a car's performance, and if you are not able to use them at the best of their performance, you can easily lose tenths."
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Pressure had something to do with the Chinese tactics, too. "Talking about this race, after the first pit stop, we were just tackling what Hamilton was ready to do, because we knew that he basically put less fuel into the car in comparison to our stop. Of course we were just controlling the pace and checking what was the situation. We knew at that stage that we could be in front, so it was much easier."
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Was the problem of soft and super soft related to a single lap of qualifying or in the race? "No," said Baldisseri, "that's only on a single lap, we have to work out how to use the super soft in qualifying. We've done some work at home after Budapest, I think we understood the problem."
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So were Ferrari surprised by Hamilton's mistake? "You know, when you are under pressure or you are pragmatic, you can make mistakes everywhere. That shows how is Formula One and maybe he was thinking it was the easiest part of his race, but that's racing," concluded Domenicali.
This post has been edited by Raikkonen: Oct 10 2007, 12:08 AM