Nico Rosberg, P1 - 1:22.667, 6th; P2 - 1:21.588, 1st
“Today was our first run with the new aero components on the car and they all seemed to work well. They’re giving us a few tenths extra per lap so we’ve made definite progress. Everyone has brought new developments here though so we will see how things look in qualifying. We also ran some tyre compares today. It’s not obvious which direction will be the right one, so strategy is going to be very important and will have a major impact on the race.”
Kazuki Nakajima, P1 - 1:22.659, 5th; P2 - 1:21.740, 2nd
“We had a pretty good day and it seems that all the updates are working well. I found it quite difficult to get enough grip with the hard tyre, the soft one definitely has the advantage for me. We now need to focus our attention on qualifying well tomorrow.”
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Fernando Alonso, P1 - 1:23.157, 17th; P2 - 1:21.781, 3rd
“The practice sessions were interesting because we had to evaluate some new parts that we have introduced to the car this weekend. In the first session we were struggling a little bit as we didn’t have much grip, but for the afternoon we found something which took us in a good direction and improved the lap times. We obviously need to remain realistic about tomorrow as this is only Friday, but we are reasonably confident that we can have a good qualifying session. The target for Sunday remains the same: to score as many points as possible.”
Rubens Barrichello, P1 - 1:22.859, 10th; P2 - 1:21.843, 4th
“We have had a good first day and focused our attentions on evaluating the new aero package that we have for this race. I ran the current package this morning for baseline data before fitting the new developments. My initial feedback is positive and the car felt good and well-balanced. We ran a fairly conservative programme which has given us valuable data to study overnight.”
Mark Webber, P1 - 1:22.934, 12th; P2 - 1:22.027, 5th
“Another cliff hanging Friday eh? Ha ha. Obviously everyone knows this track very well, so it’s always going to be pretty tight around here, but we had a pretty good P2. P1 wasn’t that great, but P2 was better for us and I got a better feeling for the car. We had a little problem on the last run in P2, but we know what that was about. The guys did a good job today and we’ve got a solid amount of data to go through tonight, so I think we’re in pretty good shape.”
Jenson Button, P1 - 1:21.799, 1st; P2 - 1:22.052, 6th
“The balance of my car hasn’t been quite right today with our new aero upgrade fitted. We have been struggling for grip which was a little frustrating but we believe that we have identified the reasons. The good thing is that Rubens has collected some good data today so we can look at that overnight and have a more positive day tomorrow.”
Kimi Raikkonen, P1 - 1:22.873, 11th; P2 - 1:22.599, 10th
“We have definitely made a step forward in performance terms on the car: you can feel a greater level of aerodynamic downforce and that’s what we needed. Sure, it’s Friday and it’s always difficult to draw conclusions, but the feeling is that we have closed the gap to the top cars. Here, just as at the last race, the harder tyre is a bit difficult, while on the softer one, we’re reasonably good. Tomorrow morning, we’ll work on qualifying, given that today we concentrated on race preparation. All in all, I am happy with how things went today.”
Lewis Hamilton, P1 - 1:23.077, 14th; P2 - 1:22.809, 13th
“We’re still a long way away and I didn’t feel any improvement. I think it’s going to be hard work to get into Q3 tomorrow. We’re pushing but unfortunately the upgrades we tried didn’t work for me and the car doesn’t feel like it’s improved. We lose a lot of time in Turns Three and Nine because we can’t carry the speed through the high-speed corners like other teams. But we’ll battle our way through.”
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