Damon Hill: �� 1998 �.


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Warm-Up	11	1'23.086	191.556

Preview:
"The Canadian Grand Prix usually produces a good race because of the high number of chicanes and the hairpin which actually do provide overtaking opportunities. The circuit is almost completely devoid of fast corners except for turn five. This corner is fast and difficult because it is blind and there is no run off. I find the hairpin frustrating as however you try to take it you find you go round it at the same speed each time - very slowly! The first section with its combination of corners, is my favourite part of the track.
"In many ways the circuit in Canada is similar to Imola in that the priority is to have a car which has good brakes and has good horsepower. It is a tight, slippery first section, which is like a street track, and the rest is hairpins and chicanes.
"The best thing about the Canadian Grand Prix is Montreal itself. It is a great city. The people are fantastic; they are very friendly and make you feel so welcome. They give you a great reception!"

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"I am always cautious about reading too much into the Friday results, but I have to say things today looked encouraging. I am happy with the car's balance - it felt good from the first lap. I think it is now down to fine tuning as far as this weekend goes to get the last bit out of the car. Goodyear have done a good job - the new tyres seem to be very good. I feel a lot better about things than I did in Monaco. I would be happy tomorrow if we qualify where we are today."

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"I am not happy with tenth place really, but I have not got very much to say about it. It is good that Ralf managed to qualify fifth as it puts the team in a good position to win points in the race, but I want to find out the reasons why he was able to be quicker than me today. We have set up our cars differently, so I will want to compare the two set ups. I had to fight more with the car today - I had a lot of spins. Basically I found it difficult to get a good time out of it."

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"I feel so disappointed so I can't imagine how Eddie and the team feels. We really needed to get points, and we were looking not only to do that but to be on to the podium, only then to be caught out by what seems to be an electrical problem. We can take some comfort from the fact that we were not only up with the front runners, but were making fairly respectable times and were competitive. I was running beautifully on a one stop strategy and then I got a misfire. It felt so fantastic to be up at the front again. This was the first time this year that I have been able to race for the top three positions and I was not going to let second or third place go that easily, so I enjoyed some racing with Michael!"