Sebastian Vettel, P1 - 1:19.400, 1st; P2 - 1:19.456, 1st
“Overall I think it was a good day for both of us. I don’t know what happened to Mark at the end of the second session, but otherwise it was a smooth run through the programme. We were able to do a lot of laps and collect a lot of data. The new parts that we brought here seem to be working well, which is a good sign, but on a Friday it’s always difficult to know how quick we really are. I think we’ve made a step forward though and, just like our team slogan Red Bull Gives You Wings, I think they helped us today for our performance on track.”
Mark Webber, P1 - 1:19.682, 2nd; P2 - 1:19.597, 2nd
“It’s been a pretty good day for us; we’ve tried a few new bits here, which seem to be going pretty well. We’ve tried both sets of tyres and need to go through all the data tonight. My second session ended a little early as I hit a kerb on Turn five, which caused the car’s electronics to stop. Silverstone is a spectacular circuit and always has been – it’s phenomenal to drive it in a Formula One car. I was lucky enough to talk to some of the fans when I stopped on the track and they said the car was looking incredible, so it’s nice to see that they’re enjoying what we’re doing.”
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Adrian Sutil, P1 - 1:20.913, 11th; P2 - 1:20.141, 3rd
“Today went well as I was happy with the car the whole day. It was a bit surprising to be third in FP2, but it was a really good session, the best position so far this year on a Friday. We ran through our programme, doing a lot of tyre work and the long runs seem to be quite okay. The soft option goes off a little in the rear but should be fine on Sunday, so no real worries there. I don’t think it’s realistic to expect us to be third for qualifying, but everything is working really well and I am quite confident about making it through to Q2 again. If we can do this again we’d be quite satisfied.”
Kazuki Nakajima, P1 - 1:21.489, 17th; P2 - 1:20.209, 4th
“Today’s sessions went well for us. I was caught up in quite a bit of traffic in the early runs, but managed to get some clear air later on. We tried many different set-ups with the car; some of which were quite interesting, so we now need to look at the data in preparation for tomorrow’s qualifying.”
Fernando Alonso, P1 - 1:20.458, 5th; P2 - 1:20.237, 5th
“It was a normal Friday for us. We need to improve the car, but in the second practice session we were quite happy with the result. However, we know that we will have a very tough fight in qualifying tomorrow and that one or two tenths can make a big difference in terms of position. So we are still trying to find a little bit more from the car, some extra tenths to really maximise our potential, but we’ve definitely moved in the right direction today.”
Rubens Barrichello, P1 - 1:20.242, 4th; P2 - 1:20.244, 6th
“We had a reasonable day and made some good progress on the balance particularly in the second session. There is a lot of work ahead for us tonight however and the pace of our closest competitors was impressive which we need to have a look at. We will have to see what tomorrow will bring but hopefully the track will come towards us and we can have a good day.”
Lewis Hamilton, P1 - 1:20.650, 8th; P2 - 1:20.417, 7th
“It took a while to get used to the car this morning. It feels a little different from what we’ve been running in previous races. Generally, I’m very happy with the balance but, with a revised car and on a high-speed circuit like this, it takes a bit longer than usual to find the limit. It’s no secret that we’re lacking speed in the faster sections. But the car wasn’t too bad today. The balance was good, we’ve made some set-up changes and it now appears to be fairly consistent. But this has already turned out to be one of the best weekends of the year for me because I’m at my home grand prix and the fans are incredible here - I’ve seen and felt their support from the very first lap I did today.”
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Jarno Trulli, P1 - 1:20.585, 7th; P2 - 1:20.458, 8th
“I had a trouble-free couple of sessions working through the usual programme of evaluating the different tyre compounds and looking at various set-ups. The car feels pretty good but as usual here at Silverstone it was very windy. This makes it quite difficult to set-up the car and it’s not ideal when it comes to evaluating different set-ups because the conditions change from lap to lap. But we had no other issues and we just need to improve the outright performance a little bit for tomorrow in order to be closer to the top. I am still optimistic.”
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