“We then changed our strategy to a one-stop, which worked pretty well. Unfortunately the difference in fuel loads really tells here, so it was difficult to hold back the quicker cars behind me who were two-stopping. We need to make some further improvements to the car before we are able to challenge for the points again.”
Heikki Kovalainen:
“Not a lucky race for me, as I made a bad start from the dirty line on the grid. After the start Kimi and I touched slightly, which caused a slow puncture to my left rear tyre. Initially I was not sure whether the tyre was damaged or not, but during the safety car period I realised that I had to come into the pits for a new tyre.
“That was almost it for me, because with my heavy fuel load and the traffic it is extremely difficult to gain any places during the race. However, I did my best but no points. These things happen, and I have had a good weekend and really enjoyed being back in the car. It’s a shame that we were not able to get points today as I have been fast throughout, but I am really optimistic for Monaco.”
Timo Glock:
“The pace of the car was not too bad today, but the race was just destroyed by being stuck in traffic. I made a slow start and I had to avoid the accident with Fisichella and Nakajima. In the first stint I was behind Barrichello and quicker than him but I could not get past.
“After the pit-stop Button was on soft tyres while we were on hard tyres that were working well and giving us good performance. Unfortunately at that stage I was being lapped by the leaders, and the blue flags made it difficult to challenge. All afternoon I had better pace than the cars in front, but I wasn’t able to show it so this was a disappointing result.”
Rubens Barrichello:
“It was a frustrating race for us today. Unfortunately we did not have the pace to compete, and overall I’m disappointed with the performance of the car. I suffered from understeer and traffic in my first stint, so we stopped a little bit early to try and get me out into some space. From then on, it was an uneventful run to the end of the race. We have a lot of work to do over the next couple of tests to try to find some pace.”
Nelsinho Piquet:
“I am satisfied with my performance today. My race started badly as I had to avoid the accident at the start which held me up. After that we just stuck to our strategy and tried to make up ground.
