"Having both cars in Q3 indicates that we put together a strong qualifying performance. Both drivers have done a very good job, closely matched throughout the weekend. Tomorrow, we will find out what our competitors have done in terms of fuel loads, but certainly, we are happy with our race trim and are looking to have a strong race."


Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing - team boss):

"While it's disappointing not to make it into Q3, David drove well in both sessions and was unlucky to miss the final cut by just 0.08secs, but eleventh obviously leaves him free to pick his strategy for tomorrow. Mark didn't manage to string his best three sectors together, which leaves a lot of work for him from 13th on the grid tomorrow."


Fabrice Lom (Renault/Red Bull Racing - principal engineer, track support):

"That was disappointing not to get into Q3. DC had a good session and was very, very close to getting through to Q3, I think he was just 0.08secs off. At least this is a track where you should be able to overtake and gain positions in the dry, so we'll have to make sure we're ready to make the most of anything that might happen ahead of us tomorrow."


Sam Michael (Williams - technical director):

"Obviously, this isn't the best track for us. We took both cars through to Q2, but we weren't strong enough to get into Q3 here. Fuji delivered a very interesting race last year, so we'll now work towards the most advantageous strategies possible for our positions and see if we can't get something out of the race."


Steve Clark (Honda - head of race and test team engineering):

"Unfortunately, we were well aware in advance of this weekend that Fuji was going to be a difficult track for us given our current package. That fact does not make today's result any less disappointing however. Obviously going into a dry qualifying after a wet morning was a little like venturing into the unknown as we were reliant upon the settings we made to the cars overnight. In actual fact, early in the qualifying session, the cars were working quite well, certainly for Rubens. At the end of our first set of option tyres, both cars were comfortably in a position to progress to Q2. We then switched to the second set of options and that's where it all went wrong for both drivers. The option tyres have more grip but are also more delicate and they grained on both cars."


Mike Gascoyne (Force India F1 - chief technical officer):

"It was again a very, very close qualifying with the whole field incredibly closely matched. Adrian being just one second off the pace is a very good result for us and just a couple of tenths would have moved both him and Giancarlo up a couple of places. We know we have a good race pace and set-up for tomorrow and have to look to put in a good performance."


Hirohide Hamashima (Bridgestone - director of tyre development):

"It was good to have a dry qualifying session here at Fuji, compared to the wet and foggy conditions we saw here last season, and it was an exciting session too. We saw interesting differences between the Q2 and Q3 times from competitors, so I think tomorrow there will be a range of different strategies. Today was interesting for Bridgestone as all of our range of tyres were used, with the wet and extreme wet tyres used this morning and the medium and soft compounds used this afternoon. This means teams have a lot of data when they look to the skies to consider their options for tomorrow's race. Rear tyre degradation will be at the forefront of drivers' minds and how they manage this will be the key point for a strong result. There is still some room for improvement from the track if we do not see any more rain. For those watching the race, how our green grooves disappear from the tyres as they are used will illustrate the differences between the cars, set-ups and drivers. The challenges of the Fuji track means the outer grooves are likely to wear first, as opposed to most circuits where it is the inner grooves which suffer more."