Felipe Massa:
“It was a big crash, but that's part of the game and I have had much worse accidents in my career. I didn't see any flags and I had approached the corner in the usual way, and then I totally lost control of the car under braking. I tried to slow down, but the impact was still pretty violent.
“The most important thing is that we were able to fix the car and in the end we didn't lose that much time, as it wasn't planned for me to do many laps in the morning. I want to thank all the lads for the work they did – they were fantastic, and they didn't stop for a moment right up to the very end of the second session.
“We came to
Silverstone with a good starting point after the tests we did here last week, and I think we are going in the right direction. I am pleased with the balance of the car and its performance on both types of tyre we have here from
Bridgestone.”
Heikki Kovalainen:
“We seemed to find a nice balance almost immediately, and waited for the track to come to us throughout both sessions. The trick here is to balance the set-up between the high and slow-speed corners, and I feel that we're getting closer to achieving that. We shouldn't get carried away with being fastest on Friday afternoon, but we've got a good basis for Sunday.”
Lewis Hamilton:
“It was good to see so many fans at the circuit so early this morning! Although we'd only tested here last week, the track felt quite different today. The car's balance felt very good, despite my having a little grassy moment at turn eight. Into the afternoon, the car felt increasingly consistent, and I feel we've got a good benchmark for the weekend ahead.”
Kimi Raikkonen:
“This morning things were not so bad, while in the afternoon I had a bit of a struggle to find the best settings on the car, which was not working as well as it had done in last week's test. We have to look at the data to understand why.
