It was very, very hard (but) it's great to win a race that worked perfectly.

It was very, very hard, but we never gave up. It's very nice when it works perfectly.

They are two good international teams. I don't know exactly what will happen. It's a long fight and a psychological battle.

This is more important than the world championship and only slightly less (important) than the Olympic Games.

It was very very hard (but) it's great to win a race that worked perfectly. It was exactly what we expected. We were very confident during the warm up and we knew it was our chance.

If I get nervous, I just look over my shoulder at the people behind me. Nobody could be worried with a crew like this.