Has Benetton changed since the Renault/Briatore takeover?
GF: After the good result in Brazil, the atmosphere has been fantastic. For me it is great to be a member of a team with such a good feeling inside, with the mechanics and engineers. Now that Renault is back in F1, and now that Flavio Briatore is in charge again, we feel very confident. With Flavio back, there is more aggressivity (sic) in the team. Q. David, inevitably, what’s the reaction after the findings of the FIA Court of Appeal? David Coulthard: I think I said it all at the time: any emotion that could come from losing hard-won points, I felt it. But the job here, today, is to focus on this weekend’s race. It doesn’t matter now what happened in Brazil. Q. Your team said that the circumstances which led to your exclusion at Imola were beyond their control. Do you feel the same way? DC: That is a difficult thing for me to say because I don’t know exactly what the question was that had to be answered [about my car], or whether it was possible to give a full answer. I can only tell
