“My race was spoiled at the start. There was a bit of confusion in the first corner – I think I was touched by a car and I lost three positions. That was it for my race because after that I couldn't do anything to make up the ground.

“From the first lap to the last I tried to push to find a way past Coulthard. We were quite close, but unfortunately with these cars as soon as you get two lengths behind the other car you just lose grip and start going off. I kept pushing as hard as possible all race, but this was as good as we could do today.”

Jenson Button:

“Although I managed to improve slightly on my start position, it was a disappointing race for us. The start was clean and I had a pretty good first lap, however our pace wasn't as good as we expected it to be during the race. I had a problem on my first stint with the front tyres, caused by the brakes overheating, which cost me a bit of time.

“We then changed our strategy to a one-stop, which worked pretty well. Unfortunately the difference in fuel loads really tells here, so it was difficult to hold back the quicker cars behind me who were two-stopping. We need to make some further improvements to the car before we are able to challenge for the points again.”

Heikki Kovalainen:

“Not a lucky race for me, as I made a bad start from the dirty line on the grid. After the start Kimi and I touched slightly, which caused a slow puncture to my left rear tyre. Initially I was not sure whether the tyre was damaged or not, but during the safety car period I realised that I had to come into the pits for a new tyre.

“That was almost it for me, because with my heavy fuel load and the traffic it is extremely difficult to gain any places during the race. However, I did my best but no points. These things happen, and I have had a good weekend and really enjoyed being back in the car. It's a shame that we were not able to get points today as I have been fast throughout, but I am really optimistic for Monaco.”

Timo Glock:

“The pace of the car was not too bad today, but the race was just destroyed by being stuck in traffic. I made a slow start and I had to avoid the accident with Fisichella and Nakajima. In the first stint I was behind Barrichello and quicker than him but I could not get past.

“After the pit-stop Button was on soft tyres while we were on hard tyres that were working well and giving us good performance. Unfortunately at that stage I was being lapped by the leaders, and the blue flags made it difficult to challenge. All afternoon I had better pace than the cars in front, but I wasn't able to show it so this was a disappointing result.”

Rubens Barrichello:

“It was a frustrating race for us today. Unfortunately we did not have the pace to compete, and overall I'm disappointed with the performance of the car. I suffered from understeer and traffic in my first stint, so we stopped a little bit early to try and get me out into some space. From then on, it was an uneventful run to the end of the race. We have a lot of work to do over the next couple of tests to try to find some pace.”

Nelsinho Piquet:

“I am satisfied with my performance today. My race started badly as I had to avoid the accident at the start which held me up. After that we just stuck to our strategy and tried to make up ground.