Felipe Massa:
“I am very happy! In the final part of qualifying, I managed to put together two really good laps after struggling a bit in Q2. Right at the end there were a few drops of rain, but it had no effect whatsoever on the performance.
“It is very important to start from the front, and I hope I can have a good race. We know our car is very competitive over a long run, but it is also clear we face a long, tough race. All the same, we can only be confident about tomorrow.”
Kimi Raikkonen:
“Of course, I would prefer to have taken pole, but second place is definitely not bad and I am happy that the team got the best result possible. In Q3 I was not able to get the tyres to work as well as possible, especially on my second run, after having had a good lap in Q2.
“The track seemed to be a bit more slippery and I was not able to get everything out of the car. Tomorrow’s race will be very tough, but I made a good start in Melbourne and I hope I can do the same tomorrow.”
Jarno Trulli:
“This has been quite a satisfying weekend so far. We have run without problems and the car has performed well and looked competitive. Today’s lap time just shows that it’s a big improvement compared to last year’s car, so we are all very pleased with this result and it is definitely looking good for tomorrow’s race.
“Timo has also done a very good job over the weekend, so I’m pleased for him because this gives a lot of motivation for the whole team to push hard with development work to improve the car. I’m confident for tomorrow because I’ve always performed well at this track. We just have to make sure that we finish the race without trouble, because I believe we can score good points.”
Robert Kubica:
“I’m quite happy with today’s performance, although just a little was missing for me to be on the second row of the grid. The unpredictable weather brought an additional thrill to the qualifying. With the set-up I chose, I knew qualifying would not be easy for me, but over the weekend we have put a lot of effort into the race preparation so I’m optimistic for tomorrow.”
Nick Heidfeld:
“I’m very disappointed about the outcome of Q3. The first corners of my last lap went smoothly, but then there were several cars driving very slowly on their in-laps. Apparently they had no information that qualifying was still going on. Before turn four I lost a lot of time because both McLarens were cruising on the racing line.
