Mario Theissen (BMW - motorsport director):
"The race reflected yesterday's Qualifying. Over the entire weekend here our package did not work perfectly. Robert was stuck in traffic on his second stint and, therefore, lost his chance of a podium finish. Nick lost two positions at the start. Neither driver ever had a realistic chance to attack. We had no technical problems, and the result is four points for our team. From now on we will prepare for the
Silverstone race."
Willy Rampf (BMW Sauber - technical director):
"When deciding on the race strategy, we focused on
Jarno Trulli and
Fernando Alonso. Our goal was to put Robert into a position to finish on the podium. However, in the second stint it was clear this would not work. He got stuck behind Trulli, who had a higher fuel load and was able to stay out longer than him. At the same time,
Heikki Kovalainen was able to close the gap to Robert and pass him during his second pit stop. Overall, our pace was not good enough during this weekend. However, we were able to defend second in the Constructors' Championship."
Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing - team principal):
"Unfortunately both drivers got poor starts, which gave away quite a lot on the first lap, but thereafter Mark's strategy worked well. He had good pace throughout the race to finish a solid sixth. He had one moment in front of Fernando which cost him a bit of time, but a good solid points finish. David had similar pace and it was a very good last stint for him. Unfortunately, he finished a frustrating ninth, but we retain fourth in the Constructors' and look forward to the British Grand Prix."
Fabrice Lom (Renault principal engineer, track support):
"We have to be happy with a result like this as we got points, but unfortunately one of our guys was out of the points and Toyota scored a lot, although congratulations to Jarno (Trulli), who had a fantastic race. So, a mixed result. We're still in front of Toyota, but they're closing the gap. We're happy that the engines finished the race; we'd been a bit worried, but they did it. Let's hope we find some more pace at the Silverstone test this week to stay in front of
Toyota."
Flavio Briatore (Renault - managing director):
"We had other hopes for today, but we are happy nonetheless to see our two cars finish in the points. Fernando lost some positions at the start and we were not able to come back from that. Nelson had a remarkable race, very consistent and aggressive, and I am very pleased to see him score his first points today."
Pat Symonds (Renault - executive director of engineering):
"Both cars in the points, but we still feel a little bit disappointed. We took a risky strategy with Fernando, but had to alter it after the start and so it was far from ideal. It's clear that we still need to find more speed in the car, but we are pleased with Nelson's first points finish."
