Vettel, It’s a pity today

15th March 2010

16 POINTS ...18 RACES TO GO

Car 5 SEBASTIAN VETTEL, Finish Position: 4th, Start Position: 1st

“It’s a pity today. It was positive all weekend, except for the exhaust failure. From Saturday
morning onwards, we were one of the quickest cars on track in all conditions. We had control
of the race today and we were on top of the strategy – everything was running smoothly. I
think at every point I knew how my tyres were, so we kept good control of the tyres and
brakes. At some stage, I think about 15 to 20 laps from the end, you could see my lap times
were getting slower. It seems something mechanical broke, luckily we could continue and
finished fourth, but we should have won today. It cost us a lot, but we’ve got 12 important
points.”

Car 6 MARK WEBBER, Finish Position: 8th, Start Position: 6th
“It was a bit of a traffic jam out there. I had a fight with the two Mercedes in Turn one and
Michael (Schumacher) had the inside for two; after that it was just about working out how we
were going to jump them. It was very, very difficult to stay close to the cars in front. We got
hurt yesterday in qualifying; we still managed to get a few points today, although not as many
as we would have liked. We definitely learned a lot as a team today. It wasn’t the most
exciting grand prix I’ve driven – following gearboxes all afternoon – but the world class drivers
who were ahead don’t normally make mistakes. I tried as hard as I could to make Jenson
(Button) and Michael make mistakes, but it wasn’t happening. We have a long Championship
ahead and the boys are working incredibly hard; we showed last year we can fight, so I’m
looking forward to Melbourne.”

CHRISTIAN HORNER, Team Principal: “It was cruel luck with Sebastian today. He
drove a great race and was pulling away at the front. We had a very good pit stop with him
and he was controlling the lead comfortably until lap 33, when he had a sudden loss of power.
He was then powerless to defend to the Ferraris and Hamilton, but he drove extremely well to
retain fourth position. It gives us valuable points, but ultimately it’s very disappointing to lose
such a great opportunity for a victory. Mark lost ground in the first turn and a little more with a
slight sticking front tyre at his pit stop, losing him a place to Jenson (Button). After that,
despite being a lot faster than the cars in front, he was unable to overtake.”

FABRICE LOM, Renault, Principal Engineer Track Support: “It’s a very disappointing
result. With the pace we showed yesterday we really thought we would get a better result.
Mark had a bit of an engine problem at the start which lost him a place and then he lost
another with the pit stop. He was eighth in the end, which shows how difficult it was to
overtake. For Sebastian, everything seemed to be in our pocket, but then a spark plug failure
caused him to lose power. He was still able to finish fourth, which shows great talent. We are
a bit disappointed, but we can take a lot of positives from this weekend. We will clear the
negatives and be stronger in Australia.”

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