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ADRIAN SUTIL

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Wednesday 10th September 2008

Adrian Sutil and Gianfranco Fisichella are optimistic about getting good results at the Italian Grand Prix.

Adrian Sutil: I'm feeling very positive about Monza now following the result in Belgium. We worked hard throughout the weekend, first having some strong practice performances and then a good qualifying. For sure it's disappointing when you do what you think is a good lap and then you're only P18, but then again if you've done the best you can and there's been no mistakes, you have to accept it and do what you can in the race.

We certainly did as well as we could have done on Sunday and I was happy with the performance. We had a good set up that allowed me to get past people on the straights, and I could really move through the field and had a great fight with Button.

I think Honda are our closest rivals now, and I think this will be the case in Italy. We had a good test there last week and I think we have a good baseline set-up, we just need to work hard as we have done before and then take advantage of any chances that come our way.

Giancarlo Fisichella: Monza is one of my favourite events on the calendar, partly because it's my home race and the crowd gets behind any of the Italian drivers, but also because it's such a fantastic track. It might look easy, but you have to work hard to have a set-up that allows you the speed on the straights without compromising stability through the chicanes and the curves. Like Spa, it's a real drivers' track and a great challenge.

We had a good test at Monza before Belgium and we have some chances to do well there. Although I'm disappointed with the ultimate result in in Belgium as my race was really over at the start when Nakajima spun in front of me on the first lap, there were some good points. When I was in clean air I could push and do similar lap times to the rest of the field and we managed to make up some time with the call to change to wets very early on.

Now in Monza we have to continue to work hard, try to qualify well and have a clean first lap to be able to take advantage of any conditions ahead. I feel confident and it would be good to be able to have a strong result at home.