By role
August 9 2004

Italian Renault F1 driver Jarno Trulli is looking forward to the Hungarian Grand Prix and to repeat his win at Monaco in a track that should suit the R24 quite well. His teammate Fernando Alonso won there last year on board the R23. “I certainly hope we can perform as well as we did in Monaco! I was unlucky in Germany to be slowed by a very unusual problem, but I was very quick during the first part of the race and I am happy with our competitiveness. Although there has been a testing ban over the past weeks, we will have a new engine spec in Hungary, new aero parts and the track suits our car. We are confident of being very competitive.” He said.
The Hungaroring is very dusty off line: and therefore precision over a full race distance is quite important as well as to maintain total concentration during the whole race:
“As usual, you have to keep pushing until the very end of the race, and maintain your concentration all the way through. In Hungary, there is also the problem of the circuit being very dirty off line - if you run wide you will lose positions because it takes a long time to clean the tyres off. So, you can't afford any mistakes.” Trulli added.
Trulli likes the Hungaroring and the technical demands of the track:
”It is quite a fun circuit to drive, with so many corners, but it is not comfortable: the track surface is very bumpy. We have to set the car up to give a lot of mechanical grip in the slower corners, but also run quite soft to make the car driveable over the bumps. Also the circuit changes a lot as the dust blows around, so it can be quite tricky to get the car handling well and going quickly.” He added.