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This was a race more like it! After the first two opening laps I ended up in 9th place. Thanks to a well executed strategy I managed to remain in 9th.
I was a bit fortunate. In the opening lap Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Rubens Barrichello touched each other and had to pit with damage. Due to that collision and the debris, Giancarlo Fisichella had a puncture. Later in the race, Johnny Herbert also suffered a failure. But, sometimes it turns against you, like it did for me at Interlagos.
But, sometimes it works in your favour, as it did here. The ninth place I had at the end of lap two, could've been P10 at the end. But that still would've been a personal best for me and that on the home track of my team is very gratifying. I think that later in the season, some other old-school tracks might work in our favour: I'm thinking Hungaroring and Nürburgring here. We need luck, we can't do it on merit yet, but I feel that if we keep improvement, a point might be on the cards later in the season. On to Monaco!