“Obviously this has been a very difficult start to the season for me, but there is still a very long way to go. We have great potential as was seen today, so I am still confident. Naturally I hope to make up for this soon, starting with the next race in Bahrain.”
Adrian Sutil:
“Very early on in the race I developed a mechanical problem and had to switch the engine off and pull off the track. I am very disappointed with this start to the season, especially after I had to stop so soon into the race in Australia too.”
Timo Glock:
“Unfortunately that was a short afternoon’s work. The start wasn’t perfect – we had a bit too much wheelspin and I made contact with someone – but I could continue ok. Then in turn 14 I was hit from behind by
Nico Rosberg.
“When I looked in the mirror he was further back so I didn’t expect him to try to overtake where he did. Then when I turned in he hit me on the rear right, breaking my rear suspension and putting me out of the race. Again we had qualified well so this is a pity. Now we will just have to hope for better fortunes in Bahrain.”
Sebastien Bourdais:
“I made a good start, but then I found myself stuck between two gears. I got as far as turn four where I was being passed on the right, and then in turn five I found myself on the inside with someone alongside me; by turn six I was back on the outside and when I tried to turn to the right, I ended up on the dirty side and the car snapped away from me and I spun into the gravel. And so my race was over.”
Stefano Domenicali [Ferrari – team principal]:
“This has been a bittersweet Easter day. We are very happy with Kimi’s victory, but equally disappointed with Felipe’s retirement as it robbed us of a possible one-two. This weekend, we have shown what the team can do after our very bad weekend in Melbourne. We were not cart horses in Australia and we did not become phenomenons today.
