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[02-10-2007]
Interview with Edoardo Mortara
 1) How do you feel your first season in the F3 Euroseries has gone?
It’s been good. I’ve had two wins so far, which given my level of experience, is beyond my expectations. Generally speaking, I’ve been happy with my performance and very happy indeed with the performance of the team. Before the season started, I expected Formula 3 to be a big step up from Formula Renault and this has been exactly the case – both in terms of the quality of the car and the quality of the competition.
2) What do you think have been the best bits and the worst bits?
The best bit was definitely my victory in race one at Barcelona, as I believe it was the first time that an F3 Euroseries rookie had won the opening race in a weekend since the current race format was adopted a couple of years ago. So that was a very big satisfaction for me. As for the worst bits, that is not something I tend to dwell on. In fact, I don’t believe that there were any really bad bits because you always learn from things going wrong – turning every negative experience into a positive one.
3) What do you think of the Formula 3 Euroseries?
I think it’s enough to look at some of the people who have won this series in the past to work out how tough the competition is. I’m talking about people like Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg so it’s clear that this championship can be regarded as a springboard to the very highest level. Formula 3 teaches you so much: not just about racing but about technical aspects as well. The parameters of the car are almost infinitely adjustable, so it’s the perfect place to learn about car set-up.
4) What are your plans for next year?
Nothing is yet confirmed, and at this time of the year all plans are flexible, but my thinking at the moment is to do another year in the Formula 3 Euroseries, for all the reasons explained above. I’ve been very happy with the Signature team, so if it is possible and practical to stay with them then I would like to. But it’s a question of looking at all the available options and trying to choose the right one.
5) What is your ambition for the near future?
Having won some races, my next ambition is to challenge for a championship. We’re currently second in the rookie standings, so I would like to think that this gives us a good basis. I’m obviously setting my sights high with this one, but I believe in pushing myself as hard as I can.
6) What has been the most valuable lesson that you have learned this year?
The learning curve has been phenomenal: I’ve been learning new things all the time and it does take a little while to assimilate them all. I’ve been helped by having an engineer and a team that has done its very best to assist me all the time. But if I had to take away just one lesson, I would say that the most valuable thing I’ve learned is that you can never prepare too thoroughly. In order to have a good result you need to qualify well, in order to qualify well you need to use the free practice sessions well, and in order to do well in free practice you need to have done all your background preparation thoroughly. Everything is linked.
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