“Unfortunately when I was doing my new tyre run Glock was going very slowly in the middle of the last corner so I lost three tenths. It wasn’t acceptable, but thankfully it wasn’t the qualifying session.”
Kazuki Nakajima:
“It was quite hot today! Of course it was a shame to miss some track time this morning with the problem we had, but nevertheless, I still managed to record 15 timed laps in the last 30 minutes of the morning session, so I didn’t miss out on much. We still have to address a few things on the car tomorrow in terms of the set-up, but it improved throughout the second session and towards the end of the 90 minutes I was starting to find a better balance.”
Rubens Barrichello:
“I was quite happy with the set-up of the car on old tyres this afternoon, and we achieved some good work on the long run pace. However, I am still struggling with the set-up on new tyres so we need to look at the data overnight and improve on that for tomorrow.
“We had a good weekend in Melbourne, but it is important to keep our feet on the ground and continue to work as hard as possible. The car is very driveable and, providing we get the set-up right for qualifying tomorrow, we are aiming to make it into the top twelve. If we can achieve that, then I am confident we can have a good race from there.”
Fernando Alonso:
“It was hot today for the first day of work and I had a problem with my gearbox this afternoon which disturbed my programme a bit, but we still managed to continue and finished this first day with some interesting data in view of the qualifying session tomorrow. We will try and analyse that this evening in order to make the most of the last practice session tomorrow. To improve our performance level in qualifying is always our objective, and we are working hard on this area.”
Nelson Piquet:
“I did a lot of laps today and was able to complete the planned programme, which has really made a big difference. The fact that I know the circuit also helps, and I have learned a lot and feel comfortable. I hope that things continue like this until Sunday, as I was happy with the behaviour of the car. There is still a lot to do, but overall the result of this first day is most encouraging.”
Nick Heidfeld:
“I’m quite happy with the Friday sessions. The car’s balance here is initially better than it was on Friday in Melbourne, although it is not really good yet. I hope we manage to find a couple of set-up improvements for Saturday, just like we did in Australia. Although the track has been resurfaced, it has quite a good grip level which is not always the case.
