Sam Michael, Technical DirectorAlbert Park is a low grip street circuit, and you’re normally on the limit when it comes to tyre graining.As a result, careful management of car set-up throughout the weekend is a pre-requisite. We will havesome improvements for the FW32 in Australia that we will roll out during Friday’s practice sessions.It's going to be a really interesting weekend in terms of seeing how the teams perform on such adifferent track in comparison to Sakhir. In terms of strategy, Bahrain gave a good indication as to whatwill be the most likely pit strategy for Melbourne.
Rubens BarrichelloMelbourne is a great place for a Grand Prix. The racing is always competitive so it’s a good track froma fan perspective; it’s also a very social city so it’s nice to hang out there. I like Albert Park a lot. Itdoesn’t really feel like a street circuit, it’s very challenging and has some interesting corners tonegotiate. We had some minor problems in Bahrain but we have resolved them now for Australia. I’mpositive we will have a stronger race this weekend.
Nico HülkenbergAs a circuit, I don't know Albert Park at all as I haven’t raced there yet. I spent a few days in thefactory last week going through practice runs on the simulator and running through data with myengineers which was really helpful but nothing beats having time on the track itself. Bahrain wasn't thebest race for me, but there were some positives to be taken from it because it highlighted where weneed to do some more work. I’m hoping that we will have a more successful weekend in Australia asa result of what I learnt in Bahrain, and what the team have worked on since we came home. I'mflying out to Sydney on Saturday morning for a driver day with RBS on Tuesday. I then have anappearance for Randstad on Wednesday in Melbourne before heading to the circuit.