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Q. You said a few races ago that Heikki Kovalainen's qualifying performance was good, but he had to lift himself in the race. He was, fuel-corrected, on pole position – so was his performance in the race disappointing?
MW: Yes, of course I am, and so is Heikki. I think it was a great, great qualifying. We had spread bet and were in the position of being at the front of the one-stoppers and the front of the two-stoppers. But, it was disappointing. We may have made a mistake as a team as we had him on the prime tyre. He had no grip and was struggling. In hindsight, we probably should have started on the option tyre, so that contributed to it. Once you drop back through the grid, it is pretty difficult to recover from that situation.
Q. Has he blown his chance to stay here next year?
MW: No, of course he hasn't. We take a longer term view of his performance and his contribution to the team, and he is a great team player and a great asset to this team. At the end of the day, the most difficult thing is to find drivers who are quick, and he is quick, he is technically good. He has lifted his game today and maybe we contributed to that with the wrong tyre choice.