The Italian will be looking to make the most of a competitive R24 to run at the front in Hungary this weekend.

Jarno, the R24 is very strong in high-downforce configuration: can you repeat your Monaco success in Hungary?I certainly hope we can perform as well as we did in Monaco! I was unlucky in Germany to be slowed by a very unusual problem, but I was very quick during the first part of the race and I am happy with our competitiveness. Although there has been a testing ban over the past weeks, we will have a new engine spec in Hungary, new aero parts and the track suits our car. We are confident of being very competitive.

The Hungaroring is very dusty off line: how important is precision over a full race distance?As usual, you have to keep pushing until the very end of the race, and maintain your concentration all the way through. In Hungary, there is also the problem of the circuit being very dirty off line – if you run wide you will lose positions because it takes a long time to clean the tyres off. So, you can’t afford any mistakes.

What are the main characteristics of the circuit from the driver’s point of view?It is quite a fun circuit to drive, with so many corners, but it is not comfortable: the track surface is very bumpy. We have to set the car up to give a lot of mechanical grip in the slower corners, but also run quite soft to make the car driveable over the bumps. Also the circuit changes a lot as the dust blows around, so it can be quite tricky to get the car handling well and going quickly.