Rubens Barrichello Quotations

My target remains winning the drivers' title and to achieve that I felt that I needed a renewed motivation,

I would call him a friend, even if we don't telephone each other daily.

I am continuing to learn with every day that I spend with the team and am very happy with the progress that we have made over the last two weeks.

I feel very comfortable going into the first race.

But the rest is up to him to show his speed.

When he (Schumacher) spun, it was a shock,

He is going to have a tough time, absolutely,

I feel that the Honda is always very powerful and I'm very much looking forward to working with them.

There is a good motivation for the team to have someone who is still young and motivated to win and to transform everything in a good way. I am not going there to actually say 'change this, change that' I am going there to learn how the team works and I am bringing the 13 years of experience to make that a winning team.

Look at Hungary, where we were expecting very hot conditions and a difficult weekend. In the end, we did very well there. Here, like in Spa, the weather could play its part. So, I am in a strong frame of mind and will go to the track thinking I can fight for the win. I would love to do well in Brazil. That is my main target for this end of the season.

I think that would be impossible, ... It would be a lack of respect, to stop now and say I don't care any more what is going on at Ferrari. If we can still fight for the Constructors' championship I would leave Ferrari with six (titles) rather than five and that would be much better for myself and the achievement would be great.

I think that, physically, it will be a hard race.

That was not smart racing or teamwork. He could have taken both of us out of the points.

We are here, we are going to fight. The new car is going to come and give us even more pleasure.

Every change brings a new motivation, that is a fact,

It would be a lack of respect to stop now and say okay, I don't care any more what's happening to Ferrari,

We should be really happy with the reliability,

To be honest, I was quite happy with the way the car went this afternoon, as we improved it quite a bit from the morning session. It behaved a little bit better than we had expected and we seem to be a bit more competitive than over the past couple of weekends, especially in race trim. Now we have to wait and see what the weather does tomorrow as that could be an important factor for the next two days.

Even though we started quite late today, we have still been able to do many laps this afternoon and have seen some good results. I hope that my input helps the team continue this development and progress further when we have the new car available next week.

But (Michael) immediately got the upper hand with the hot lap qualifying.

I'm very happy with the Jenson situation. We're joint number ones, which is one of the reasons I came to this team. We have quite a good relationship already. If everything goes as we think it can, then this team will win races.

I never left Ferrari because I thought there was nowhere better.

In performance terms, I have always gone well here, ... However, looking at the current situation, both in theory and in practice, we do not have a car capable of delivering a win. Nevertheless, I will face the weekend in a positive frame of mind, as you never know what might happen.

I pulled a slight nerve in my shoulder so I stopped running to get it checked out.

I told the team I would have no problem with anyone, so it is up to the team to decide what's the best option, ... Obviously there are various options in place but I have no further comment. I have no problems, Jenson is definitely a good guy, he is one of the friends I have in the paddock so it would definitely have been no problem, but it is BAR Honda that has to decide what is the best option alongside myself.

It's a team decision, I just signed another two-year contract, ... I was asked to do it. Obviously, I wish they hadn't said anything today.

It's been a season I was playing catch-up to Michael

I am very excited to confirm that I will be joining B.A.R. Honda in 2006. I wish to thank everyone at Ferrari for six fantastic years. I have won many races with them and I am proud to have helped the team, to date, to win five Constructors' World Championships. However my target remains winning the drivers' title and to achieve that I felt that I needed a renewed motivation.

I am very happy because I think now the team has a true chance of becoming world champions,

When I first came round in the medical center after my accident, the first face I saw was Ayrton's, with tears in his eyes. I had never seen that with Ayrton before. I just had the impression that he felt as if my accident was like one of his own. He helped me a lot with my career and I can't find the words to describe his loss.

When I saw the others like Michael, Ross Brawn and Todt renewing their contracts, I always said that I was happy to do so.

The car is undoubtedly quicker and more balanced. The traction and braking can still be improved a bit but there's been a good evolution already from three weeks ago.