By role
June 13 2003

Italian F1 driver Jarno Trulli is annoyed to have lost many chances this season to finish higher on the races. On yesterday’s press conference ahead of the Canadian GP, Jarno Trulli confessed his frustration to have lost many opportunities this year. “I've lost most of the races where I really wanted to be like Barcelona and Malaysia, where I lost big chances that you only have rarely. Our car, for sure, is a very competitive car, and hopefully we will have our races where we will be as competitive as we were on those occasions, but for sure I feel that I lost many big chances during this first part of the season.” He said.
Trulli though hopes to find the perfect formula for a competitive set-up for the upcoming Canadian GP:
“I'm sure we have to wait and see but chassis-wise you can say that we have always had good performance here, good results, the track suits the chassis. The only problem is that, as you know, we could be struggling a little bit on the straight. Let's see if we can find a good compromise and then make the package work.” He added. “We also have the Michelin tyres which we feel are very competitive at the moment so it could be another good weekend - for sure not the best one, but we're still confident.”
The Italian driver likes the circuit of Gilles Villeneuve and hopes to improve his best ever position of 6th at the Ille de Notre Dame:
“I like the circuit apart from the first corner, which is always very narrow for everyone. The first corner is one of the hottest parts of the race in every Grand Prix but for sure it is one of the most difficult ones. It was also difficult in Monaco when I was held up by Kimi, who had a problem, but anyway, it's just important to get away from the first corner and then see.”
Trulli gave his opinion on the recent signature of the “dream-team” at Ferrari until the end of 2006:
"It doesn't change much. It is good to have Michael on board for a few years more and it will be tough for everyone as usual.” He concluded.