Michael Schumacher was asked if Fernando Alosno was his main enemy:

"He is a competitor, not an enemy..." responded the German Driver.

Schumacher is also unsure about the threat from renault this weekend:

"It is a bit difficult to predict (if Renault is the main competitor) because we saw they were very strong in Barcelona, not so strong the race before in Imola, not so strong in Austria, so it will be interesting to see how strong they are here. I don't think there is any parallel at the moment where you can say that particular package is strong or is weak. I think a lot is within the tyre situation and we have to see how good the different teams run with the tyres that they have at the moment."

Fernando Alonso was not yet sure how competitive his Renault could be at the Monaco track:

"Well, I don't know (if the circuit suits the R23). We are confident here. I think we have a good car, a good chassis and probably we can fight for a good position here in Monaco. Regarding last year's result, we had a very good race here with Jarno and Jenson, so we are quite optimistic for this weekend."

Saturday qualifying will be quite important as in Monaca is difficult to overtake. Do the drivers do anything different in this one-shot qualifying system. Alonso responds:

"No I didn't change anything. Obviously I think we all are a little more concentrated for that single lap because before we had four opportunities, basically, now we have one and it's the last one, so you are a little more concentrated. Anyway, I think it will be a very interesting race, especially because here is the most difficult qualifying for us drivers and it's the most important qualifying as well for the race, because overtaking is nearly impossible here so the grid position will be very important. So you know the combination of the most important and most difficult qualifying of the year will probably be a good thing to see from the outside."

For Michael things are a bit more simple:

"Just be aware of the facts. Just be aware of the fact that this is the run that counts.

David Coulthard gave his views about the changes in the design of the Monaco circuit:

"It looks a lot more open. I'm conscious of not saying it looks easier, just in case I go and drop the ball there, but it does look like it's less challenging, the entry to Rascasse, than it was in the past, which in some respects is a shame because that was one of the difficult spots on the track. But I think generally, it may give us more opportunity for overtaking, then if not overtaking, it should make it easier to lap slower cars during the race, so all in all, I would say it is an improvement. The only thing I'm not too sure about is the length of the pit lane exit. It goes all the way, if I am understanding correctly what I've seen this morning, it goes all the way round the first corner and about ten meters up the hill towards casino which is a long time to be sitting on the pit limit. (He's corrected by his colleagues.) It's not? So you can go full speed? OK. So I didn't understand it. In that case it's going to be quite interesting to stay inside the yellow line. What they've done is taken the barrier from the entry to turn one and left the kerb where the barrier used to be, so they've created a lot more space on the inside, so that should help produce some incidents there as well."