“Getting more points is good for the team – especially after the way they turned my car around after my shunt on Friday – but we’re not satisfied with getting just points now. We want to get more, but I have the same number of points that I had in total last year, so we’re doing okay.”
Nico Rosberg:
“I am happy with my result. I had a fantastic first lap, although I very nearly lost it all when Heidfeld went wide while I was alongside him. He didn’t know I was there, so I had to go off the track. When I came back on, I was all over the place but I then passed Coulthard and Trulli on the outside of turn three.
“I gave it my all on every lap and it was a fantastic race for me today. Anymore, though, is just not possible at the moment, but I am looking forward to the next two races which traditionally suit our car.”
David Coulthard:
“I just missed out on points today – which is frustrating – but I’ve looked around my car and there’s no damage, so at least we finished a race without colliding with anyone! I raced as hard as I could. I dropped half a second just before my second pit-stop and came out just behind Nico [Rosberg], which was probably the deciding factor.
“I think the strategy guys did a good job today; I just wasn’t able to eke the last little bit of pace out of the car. I had a little bit of understeer and difficult drivability getting the throttle open, which cost a tenth of a second per lap.”
Jarno Trulli:
“My race was spoiled at the start. There was a bit of confusion in the first corner – I think I was touched by a car and I lost three positions. That was it for my race because after that I couldn’t do anything to make up the ground.
“From the first lap to the last I tried to push to find a way past Coulthard. We were quite close, but unfortunately with these cars as soon as you get two lengths behind the other car you just lose grip and start going off. I kept pushing as hard as possible all race, but this was as good as we could do today.”
Jenson Button:
“Although I managed to improve slightly on my start position, it was a disappointing race for us. The start was clean and I had a pretty good first lap, however our pace wasn’t as good as we expected it to be during the race. I had a problem on my first stint with the front tyres, caused by the brakes overheating, which cost me a bit of time.
