“I love this track it’s a great challenge, but unfortunately our car just isn’t generating the overall

grip that’s needed here. The balance isn’t too bad, it’s as good as it’s been during any other lap

I’ve driven here, we just lack efficiency on this type of high-speed circuit. We’re not really

performing as we should be. The year started badly and we’ve never really recovered from it, it’s

a big disappointment.”

“It’s difficult to get the maximum out of the car and tyres in these dry conditions and we struggled

during qualifying. I didn’t think we’d qualify this low, I thought we’d get through to the second

session for sure. We’ve got a long day ahead tomorrow, it’s not going to be easy.”

runs this morning were reasonable, but the car lacked pace on new tyres and it’s obviously

frustrating to qualify 17th and 18th. The circuit seems to favour Bridgestone at the moment,

however hopefully some variable conditions in the race tomorrow will allow us to progress

through the field and we’ll be working hard on our strategy this evening.”