“We are quite competitive within the very tight midfield group, and it is encouraging to see that both cars made it through a very tough race today. We will learn from our experiences, both positive and negative, and I am confident that we will continue to improve over the next few races.”
Nico Rosberg:
“I knew that starting from 16th I would have to take some risks to make the race worthwhile; in fact it went well off the line considering I was carrying a lot of fuel, but then I came together with
Timo Glock. When he left a gap, I went for it and I got alongside him. I guess he didn’t see me as he turned in and I couldn’t back out, which was unfortunate.
“The car was better today in the race, but despite everything I tried, it really wasn’t our weekend. Now I am just looking forward to Bahrain where things should go better.”
Anthony Davidson:
“It was a good race for the team – and me – today. It was great to do my first full distance race since Brazil, and I think it went well. The boys did an excellent job and the car ran reliably all the way through the race. There were no problems whatsoever and the tyres worked well.
“I felt comfortable in the car and I could push whenever I wanted to improve the lap time. I just stayed out of trouble and brought the car home in a very respectable position for the situation that we are in at the moment.”
Takuma Sato:
“It was good to finish the race. The first and second stints were good, but then in the second stint, unfortunately, I picked up marbles through the high-speed section, ran wide and lost a lot of time there. On almost every lap we had traffic – especially during the last stint – so it was a pity that I couldn’t pick up the pace again until the very end. It was good to see that the car was reliable and that we have collected a valuable set of data, though; it was a tough, but good race for the team.”
Kazuki Nakajima:
“From the back of the grid, we decided upon quite an aggressive strategy. I made up quite a few places from the start, but it was difficult to open up a comfortable gap. In the second stint I had a puncture and had to stop very early, which was not ideal as I had to run two short stints and a long final one. I was struggling a little in the last stint and in a high-speed corner I spun off, so after that I just wanted to concentrate on making it home to get two races on the engine.”
Sebastian Vettel:
“I started to have difficulty shifting gear and with the power steering, and then the back end caught fire as I pulled over to stop, which can sometimes happen when everything is overheating. Up to that point I was having a reasonable race. In the first stint, I had too much understeer and some graining on the tyres. The second stint was much better.”
Felipe Massa:
“On lap 31 I clipped the kerb on the exit of turn six and hit it quite hard, and then I lost the rear end going into the next corner. We have to check to see if the impact with the kerb damaged the car. It’s a real shame because we could have brought home a one-two finish.
