How does Juan Pablo see his year, as he waits to start the United States Grand Prix the penultimate round of the championship.

In a recent interview he commented on how he saw the season. He said: "I think things have gone well, I think everybody wants more all the time. You know, I think the car (meaning the FW24) did a big step forward from last year. We're ahead of McLaren and everything. Everybody was expecting we are going to beat Ferrari and that's just not the case at the moment."

As for the last race in Italy, we would see the WilliamsF1 team use BMW engines which would rev to an incredible 19,000 rpm. But this would not help his chances in the race as he would have an off-track moment which would damage his car and see him retire soon after with suspension failure.

How did Juan Pablo see the development of the FW24 and engine over the course of the year. Juan Pablo added: "I think we didn't get quite get first. We did two or three big steps but we kept up going competitive with everybody else, probably at the same rate. But if you keep going at the same rate as everybody else, then you're not really moving that much forward. So I think the biggest focus at the moment is next year's car."

As for his retirement in Italy Juan Pablo made it clear that this was not caused by his use of the curbs. He explained his retirement by saying: "Everybody else go over the curbs. It looked like it was something from Sunday morning and it just started getting worse where the pickup isn't under the car. Started getting free play, free play until it actually broke. Because the car all weekend was really good.

"The car was really good and in the warm-up, it lost a bit of a performance. In the race it just, you know, it got worse and worse. When I was behind Rubens, the only thing that was done was stand on the brakes and the car got sideways, couldn't really understand what happened. You look at my steering is straight and everything when I brake, so. And then it was moving around a little bit until it actually broke."

As for Ralf's penalty for cutting the corner at the first chicane, just after the start, Juan Pablo did not defend his team-mate, rather he felt the penalty was justified. Juan Pablo said: "He went straight, you know, he didn't even try to make the corner. So yes (he deserved the penalty)."

As for his feelings returning to Indianapolis, a track that would see him win the Indy 500. Juan Pablo said: "It's nice. I know a lot of people here. It's pretty special."