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FIA Thursday press conference - Australian GP, Melbourne Albert Park Circuit

Drivers: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Narain Karthikeyan (HRT), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), Pastor Maldonado (Williams), Mark Webber (Red Bull)
Q: A question to you all starting off with your feelings about your preparations so far. How do youthink testing has gone?

FIA post-race press conference - Abu Dhabi

1st Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h39m36.837s; 2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h39m46.999s; 3rd Jenson Button (McLaren), 1h39m47.884s.
Q: Sebastian, you have only led this World Championship once this season and that is today.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I am a bit speechless. I don’t know what you are supposed to say at this moment. It has been an incredible tough season for myself, for all of us, physically and mentally especially...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Abu Dhabi GP, Yas Marina

Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 39.394s; 2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m3 9.425s; 3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1m 39.792s
Q: Sebastian, a crucial pole at a crucial time. You have a great chance now of becoming the youngest ever World Champion.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, we start from pole, couldn’t be better. I think it was a tough qualifying session...

FIA Friday press conference - Abu Dhabi GP, Yas Marina

Team principals: Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Christian Horner (Red Bull), Adam Parr (Williams), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren).
Q: First question to you all. We have had a fantastic World Championship this year with four drivers in contention at the end of the series. What do you think has been a major contribution to the excitement of the championship? Is it the rules, new circuits? Adam, what do you think it is?
Adam Parr: I am very honoured to be here with the championship contenders. I think it is Formula One...

FIA Thursday press conference - Abu Dhabi

Drivers: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Nico Hulkenberg (Williams), Sebastian Vette; (Red Bull) and Mark Webber (Red Bull).
Q: A question to all the championship contenders. How do you approach this race? Do you approach it tactically, just to win, or does the approach evolve during the weekend? Lewis, from your point of view I guess it is relatively simple?
Lewis Hamilton: For me, I have nothing to lose...

FIA post-race press conference - Brazilian GP, Interlagos circuit

Drivers: 1st Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1h33m11.803s; 2nd Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1h33m16.046s; 3rd Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h33m18.610s.
Q: Sebastian, you have won the constructors’ championship and now you have a chance in the drivers’ in Abu Dhabi as well.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I think incredible day. Not an easy race to start with. We knew we were on the dirty side but I think we had a good start...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Brazilian GP, Interlagos circuit

Drivers: 1. Nico Hulkenberg (Williams), 1m 14.470s; 2. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 15.519s; 3. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 15.637s.
Q: Nico, your first pole. What a time, what a place to do it and you were in a class of your own on slicks at the end and almost a second faster than the two Red Bulls. You must be in dreamland.
Nico Hulkenberg: Yeah, I mean it is amazing. I still cannot believe that I have done it. A big, big thank you to the team putting a good car together for qualifying...

FIA Friday press conference - Brazilian GP, Interlagos circuit

Team principals and drivers: John Booth (Virgin), Ross Brawn (Mercedes), Mike Gascoyne (Lotus), Timo Glock (Virgin), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Jarno Trulli (Lotus).
Q: John, just a summary of your season so far. Your first season, how do you feel about it.
John Booth: Well, pretty much as last time I answered the question. The first half was a disaster but it has been steady progress all the way since Monaco really

FIA Thursday press conference - Brazilian GP, Interlagos circuit

Drivers: Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Lucas di Grassi (Virgin Racing), Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and Bruno Senna (HRT).
Q: A question to you all. Can you give us a summary of your season.
Bruno Senna: Well, as everybody knows we started late and we had a very public development throughout the season. I have learnt so much personally and I have developed so much as well, so it has been a great season for me...

FIA post-race press conference - Korean GP, Yeongam

1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 2h48m20.810s; 2nd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 2h48m35.809s; 3rd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 2h48m51.678s.
Q: Fernando, three wins in the last four races. A real game changer of a day as far as the championship is concerned. You must be pretty delighted?
Fernando Alonso: Yeah, absolutely. One of the best races of the year for us, for the team, both cars on the podium, fantastic achievement for Ferrari...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Korea

Drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), 1m 35.585s; 2. Mark Webber (Red Bull), 1m 35.659s; 3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1m 35.766s
Q: Sebastian, great pole. You only had a one lap run at the end but you edged it by seven one hundredths of a second yet again this season. A special feeling I imagine.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, it is. Again very close. Two runs in the end in Q3. The first one I was already happy with the car but couldn’t really put the lap time in that I lost in the first sector, but in the second one I had a much better beginning to the lap...

FIA Friday press conference - Korea

Team principals: Eric Boullier (Renault), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Christian Horner (Red Bull) and Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren).
Q: A question to you all. Your impressions of the grand prix so far, Korea, the circuit. What the drivers feel about the circuit. Just a general talk about what you have discovered since you have been here.
Eric Boullier: The infrastructure is quite nice and finished and I think everybody agreed to say that the track layout was a good one...

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2012 Race Drivers

Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button
Fernando Alonso
Felipe Massa
Michael Schumacher
Nico Rosberg
Kimi Räikkönen
Romain Grosjean
Paul di Resta
Nico Hulkenberg
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Perez
Daniel Ricciardo
Jean-Eric Vergne
Pastor Maldonado
Bruno Senna
Heikki Kovalainen
Vitaly Petrov
Pedro de la Rosa
Narain Karthikeyan
Timo Glock
Charles Pic

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