"After being competitive in yesterday's practice and this morning, to qualify twelfth and 14th is obviously disappointing. As the temperature has risen, we seem to have been adversely affected. But tomorrow is going to be an interesting race, potentially with unpredictable weather and there's a lot up for grabs, so the weekend's not over yet."


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

"We have just lived a very special moment, David's last qualifying session in a Formula One car. David is a real Formula One legend. He started his career with Renault and is ending his career with Renault, and it's been a pleasure and an honour to work with him for those years, so thank you to him. Having said that, F1 is a cruel world and, even though it's DC's last race, other teams didn't give us a gift today. We're twelfth and 14th, so it will be a tough race tomorrow."


Giorgio Ascanelli (Scuderia Toro Rosso - technical director):

"Two cars in Q3 again which is excellent. Both drivers did a good job and the car, while not perfect is in reasonable shape. Obviously, we are on two very different strategies to cover all the options for tomorrow, because of the uncertainty concerning the weather. Therefore, it's equally obvious that the car on the fastest strategy is ahead of the other one. Definitely a very good job from the whole team."


Mario Theissen (BMW Sauber - team boss):

"Traditionally on this track, the time differences in qualifying are very close. Sometimes five or six cars are within one tenth of a second. A driver who is not able to fully exploit the potential there and then will find himself on the back of the grid. We are not happy with our result and, especially for Robert, the situation is not easy for the race. He has been suffering from lack of grip throughout the whole weekend, and we did not completely solve the problem in qualifying. Nick did better and set the eighth quickest time. Only tomorrow when we get to the first set of pit stops shall we see what we can do from here."


Willy Rampf (BMW Sauber - technical director):

"We cannot be happy with our qualifying. Robert did not make it beyond Q2. Ten cars were within three tenths of a second, so with only the slightest mistake one is out. Nick did better. Our goal is now to make up a few positions."


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

"Obviously, we are very satisfied with Rubens getting through to Q2 for the second time in as many race weekends. Realistically, he extracted the maximum from the car with the performance we have today and so this was, in his own words, a fantastic lap. For Jenson, the session was very tight and he didn't quite have the balance to make it through. After progressing through to Q2, with an evolving track, we were just unable to get the balance back with the single set of options he had remaining."

"The weather may well play a pivotal role in tomorrow's race. Forecasts vary, but rain seems extremely likely. From our grid positions, rain, and the chaos it brings, is not unwelcome for us, as the conditions hand more responsibility to the driver and both of ours are extremely good in the wet."


Sam Michael (Williams - technical director):

"That was a disappointing final qualifying session for 2008. We'll be looking hard at our race strategy now to see what we can get out of tomorrow. There were no mechanical issues today and the drivers extracted what they could out of the car."


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

"A slightly disappointing qualifying as both drivers missed their ideal lap times by a couple of tenths. I don't think it would have changed our position, however I think on race pace we can be very competitive with the Hondas and Williams and we have to look to try and beat them in tomorrow's race. The weather may also change and as Giancarlo proved here in 2003, it could really mix things up."


Hirohide Hamashima (Bridgestone - director of tyre development):

"Congratulations to Felipe Massa for a stunning lap to give him pole position in front of a massive Brazilian crowd. This is his third consecutive pole position in Brazil and I'm sure he will be strong in tomorrow's race. Congratulations also to Jarno Trulli for qualifying on the front row for the first time since 2005. Tomorrow we should have an interesting battle for the championship as Massa is on pole and Hamilton has a very fast McLaren Mercedes, as was illustrated by Kovalainen's fastest lap in Q2. The circuit surface condition is better than it was yesterday, but we are still seeing graining. The key point in tomorrow's race will be who manages the graining phase of their tyres the best in order to get a strong result."