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Fisichella faces make or break weekend

Giancarlo Fisichella faces a make or break weekend in his Formula One career this weekend at Interalgos. Without a confirmed drive for the 2008 season, the Italian veteran is keen to stay at Renault, but the reigning champions are holding out for a chance to sign Fernando Alonso.

Nevertheless, Fisichella knows that he needs to put in a strong drive this weekend to convince his bosses he still has what it takes. His disappointing weekend in China did things no good either.

"It started on Saturday really: we only found a problem with the car at the end of morning practice, then I made a small mistake on my timed lap in qualifying, and it was so close that we didn't even get through Q1," Fisichella said of his Chinese weekend. "After that, we knew it would be a hard race, but I drove to the limit, passed a lot of cars and showed that the car was actually pretty competitive by setting fourth-fastest lap. But we ran very heavy at the start of the race, expecting heavier rain, and that put us on the back foot from the first stint. It was a shame because the potential was there for much more."

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