“We’re going in the right direction and learning more about the car all the time, so we need to keep up the hard work and continue to develop ahead of the next race in two weeks’ time.”
Nelson Piquet:
“I am happy to have finished the race as this was my first objective after the race in Melbourne. I have learned a lot today and I recognise that the group we are fighting with is very competitive and that you have to drive the perfect race, but I finished close to my team-mate and that is encouraging for me. The race was difficult and the car is still not competitive enough, but I am making progress and I hope to continue that at the next race in Bahrain.”
Giancarlo Fisichella:
“I think we honestly did our best here. At the start I had a lot of wheelspin and lost a lot of positions; I don’t know why but we have to look into it. In my first stint I was suffering a lot of understeer with graining on the soft tyres, but then in my stop I adjusted the front flap and went onto the harder tyres and stayed on them for both stints. I am happy with the race pace later on though, and it is promising for the rest of the season.”
Rubens Barrichello:
“Unfortunately my weekend was compromised when we lost the free practice running on Saturday morning, as I lacked balance in the car for the race today. I had a lot of understeer and was battling with that throughout the race. The drive-through penalty after my second stop was unfortunate, even though I only lost one place, as the markings in the pit-lane to indicate where the speed limit ends were not clear enough.
“We have learnt a great deal from the past two weeks, and I have been very encouraged by our reliability. We still have a lot of work to do on the performance, but that will come through our development programme over the coming weeks in preparation for Europe.
