Mark Webber“We did the normal tyre comparisons today, which are important ahead of Sunday as they might be quite a challenge here. The guys did a great job and the car ran faultlessly, which is always a benefit on a Friday."

"We’ve dried out from Malaysia and, instead, we had perfect driving conditions today, so we’ll see how we go tomorrow. I enjoyed it out there.”

Sebastian Vettel“Overall, it was a quite good day.  Unfortunately, in the second practice we had a problem with the rear suspension, it was going to take too much time to fix so we had to stop earlier than planned."

"Nevertheless, we got some useful information from the car. The main task here for all the teams and drivers is to manage the different tyre compounds. As you can see, graining is the main issue, but thankfully I have my helmet and visor, which protects my eyes as the rubber is coming off!”

STATISTICS

MARK WEBBER                                                      SEBASTIAN VETTELFirst Practice Session                                                  First Practice SessionPosition: 5, Best Time: 1:37.752, Laps:                        Position: 12, Best Time: 1:38.274, Laps:Second Practice Session                                              Second Practice SessionPosition: 4, Best Time 1:36.105, Laps:                          Position: 5, Best Time: 1:36.167, Laps: 22,