“It’s been a tough weekend so far, as I did not get too much running yesterday. The stars do not seem to be aligning in our favour. Hopefully I will have better luck tomorrow, maybe if the weather turns crazy.”
Takuma Sato:
“I think the team did a great job again, under the circumstances. We showed good speed in the morning as I did a qualifying simulation, and I was happy with the balance. During my first run in qualifying the grip level was quite low and I had traffic, but then on the last run I hooked up everything I needed and I enjoyed the lap. I will certainly try to have a good race tomorrow.”
Adrian Sutil:
“It was not a good qualifying, but to be honest I was expecting this as we had not had a great practice in the morning. We had problems again trying to get the soft tyres to work; my car is just not behaving how it should be with them, and I even tried a hard set. The car felt much better, but for sure with them I can’t race the other cars. In the race and over longer runs I think we are better. In Melbourne it was ok, and I have a good feeling there is more in the car.”
Anthony Davidson:
“Another difficult qualifying session today for us, [though] I think we have improved slightly since the last race. My middle run this afternoon was good, but I struggled to find the right balance in the car for the last run.”
Kazuki Nakajima:
“It was a difficult qualifying and, because it was tight on lap times, when I made one mistake it stopped me progressing into Q2. I have a grid penalty for tomorrow in any case, so I want to have a consistent race and make sure I finish. As far as performance is concerned, we will look at a strategy plan to see what we can do, but it will be a tough race.”
Stefano Domenicali [Ferrari – team principal]:
“Today we worked well and up to our usual standards and the results prove it. We have now made just a small step in terms of the grand prix, with the longer one still needing to be accomplished in tomorrow’s race.
