“We still have to investigate that and make our decision for tomorrow. Now I hope we can build on today and come back to the performance level we showed at the beginning of the season.”
Sam Michael [Williams-Toyota – technical director]:
“It was a reasonably productive day for us, especially taking into account the weather conditions. The track was damp at the start of the first session – due to track washing – and then it rained in the break so we had to start both sessions on wet tyres. Apart from that, we worked through our tyre comparison and have a good idea what direction we'll take on the set-up for tomorrow.”
Steve Clark [Honda – head of race and test engineering]:
“The sessions ran without any incident on either car, which is always good. The damp track at the start of the morning, the rain for the start of the second session and then the red flag caused by Webber's crash of course meant we could not stick to the original plan. This is the same for everyone, though, and something we just had to deal with.
“With the disrupted sessions it is more difficult than usual to gauge our speed relative to our competitors. However here we have the front wheel covers, which give a tangible performance gain, so getting one or both cars to a top ten qualifying position and from there a points finish ought to be realistic targets.”
Mike Gascoyne [Force India – chief technical officer]:
“A reasonably productive day, but with a couple of difficulties. As expected, we struggled with the relatively low grip of the circuit and found it difficult to get the tyres working correctly. With Adrian we had a clutch problem in the afternoon session that curtailed his running, but Giancarlo completed his planned programme. Over the longer runs he was very consistent and competitive, but we know there is still more to come from both drivers tomorrow.”
Hirohide Hamashima [Bridgestone – director of motorsport tyre development]:
“Today the temperature was quite a lot cooler than we have seen at previous Turkish Grands Prix, but we expected this with the change of date. On the medium compound we did see more graining than we have previously experienced here, particularly on the front right.
