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Fisichella: More work in Ferrari cockpit

Giancarlo Fisichella has said that he is happy with his first day in a Ferrari but does admit that the controlling of the F60 requires more work inside the cockpit than with the Force India which he drove to second place at Spa a fortnight ago. The Roman wound up in eighth and twentieth positions in Monza's first two practice sessions on Friday.

Having chased Kimi Räikkönen to second place at Spa, Fisichella now joins the 2007 World Champion as a dream is achieved although the Italian must adapt quickly to the car, plus the likes of KERS. "Force India, for the last couple of races, was very strong," Fisichella said of Adrian Sutil's top ranking in Practice 2 at Monza. "We made a step forward and my last race was fantastic so I knew it would be quick be here."

Giancarlo then explained the initial changes which he has experienced: "It's a different circuit, so it's difficult to say as the level of downforce is much less," he continued. "It's a different car, so there is different reaction going into the corners; you work much more with the steering wheel and the switches compared to Force India.

"With Force India, I was just concentrating on the driving but here I am quite busy. Tomorrow is going to be another important day for me - it's important to do another good amount of laps to do a little bit more."

Italy sees Fisichella reunited with Rob Smedley, the Race Engineer with whom he worked with at Jordan in 2002 and 2003. "All session-long I've been in touch with my engineer, who's been very good on the radio, and was following him," 'Fisi' recalled. "It's not so difficult - you just have to be very concentrated to do it. In the afternoon I was mainly doing the job on my own, without the help of Rob, so I'm improving all the time and that's the right direction to go in."

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