Lewis Hamilton, P1 - no time, 20th; P2 - 1:47.201, 1st
“I’m happier today than I expected. We don’t have as much downforce as some of the other teams, so we’re not as quick as we’d like to be, especially in the middle sector. Fortunately, however, we have KERS and can use it to our advantage in the first and third sectors. The car didn’t feel fantastic today - but we only really had one session to find a set-up so we’ve got some changes to make overnight. Still, this is a massive improvement compared with Turkey or Silverstone, and we look competitive, which is important, so we’re not unhappy.”
Timo Glock, P1 - 2:06.331, 18th; P2 - 1:47.217, 2nd
“Whenever you come back to Spa it is a nice experience to do your first laps of the weekend and that was the case again today. It’s a great circuit and very satisfying for a driver, especially when you have a competitive car. It’s hard to draw any conclusions from the wet session this morning but I am pleased to be second in the afternoon; that is very encouraging. The car felt pretty good and the lap times show that. Still, there are a couple of areas to improve so we will work on those before qualifying and try to find the perfect aerodynamic balance. I am happy with how things went today and I’m interested to see where we are tomorrow.”
Kimi Raikkonen, P1 - 1:52.930, 7th; P2 -1:47.285, 3rd
“I am pleased with the work we have done today and the overall feeling is a positive one. The car seems to be quick, even though we know it’s only Friday and therefore we cannot be entirely sure where we are compared to the others. We had a few technical problems, although they didn’t have a significant effect on the way we got through our planned programme for the day.”
Mark Webber, P1 - 2:06.181, 17th; P2 - 1:47.329, 4th
“I think that’s the most we could have hoped for during today’s session. You always expect to lose a session in Spa due to the changeable weather conditions and that was the case this morning. We had a pretty productive afternoon with plenty to go through. We didn’t always move in the right direction, but that’s not always a bad thing as we learn from it. So, that’s today and now we’ll put it all in focus for tomorrow - not a bad start for us.”
Romain Grosjean, P1 - 2:05.513, 13th; P2 -1:47.333, 5th
“Today was very interesting as we had wet and dry conditions as is quite normal for Spa. Once again Fernando has been very helpful and comparing my data with his data really helped me today as I could see where I needed to improve. In the afternoon session we concentrated on testing the two types of tyre and I managed to do over 30 laps so I think we are quite well prepared for tomorrow.”
Giancarlo Fisichella, P1 - 2:03.972, 11th; P2 - 1:47.506, 6th
“We had a lot of understeer at the beginning of the afternoon but we improved the balance of the car and made a good step forward for the last run of the day. My last lap was good and I’m happy I could record a quick time. We still need to work on the amount of understeer we have but apart from that today was not too bad. It’s difficult to say where we will be tomorrow, but top 15 is realistic and of course we will try our best to get in the top 10 but it is going to be very difficult.”
Jarno Trulli, P1 - 1:49.675, 1st; P2 -1:47.559, 7th
“It was a good Friday for us. Obviously there is still work to do to get the most out of the car and I need to find a bit more grip at the rear end but all in all I am very happy with the results today. I have a good feeling from the car so I hope it will be a competitive weekend for us. The track was wet this morning which meant we couldn’t do all of the tests we had planned but we did some laps to better understand the car in those conditions. In the afternoon, when it was dry, the track just got quicker and quicker. I was working mainly on race pace today, getting the car set-up in race trim so we have a good balance for Sunday, and it seems to be reacting well.”
Robert Kubica, P1 - 1:53.650, 9th; P2 -1:47.578, 8th
“The conditions today were quite changeable. We started the first practice session on dry tyres, but it started to rain pretty soon as actually we were only able to do one timed lap on dry tyres at the start of the session. We took advantage of the weather conditions and did a couple of laps on full wet tyres just to see how the car behaved in case of rain. We had to squeeze quite a lot into the second free practice session, and on top of that we evaluated the tyres and worked on the set-up. It was quite difficult as we had to cram several things into a very tight programme. We even had to mix several evaluations in one run. We also have a couple of new components on the car.”
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