DAVID COULTHARD, (Finish Position DNF, Start Position: 21st)"We lost the right rear drive shaft and I had to stop. We were on an aggressive race strategy, whichhad been working well. Typically from the back you would go one stop and long but, as we saw inMalaysia,  the  one  stop  option  didn't  provide  a  chance  to  overtake  -  so  we  went  for  the  shorter strategy. The race car felt good, the strategy was good, and I think it would have paid off. We're going through some growing pains at the moment, but we will get through it and we'll be stronger on the other side, everyone's working very hard back in the factory."

MARK WEBBER, (Finish Position DNF, Start Position: 8th)"The  car  had  an  open  fuel  flap  in  the  second  stint,  which  was  the  same  problem  we  had  in Australia.  It's  bloody  frustrating.  After  the  pit  stop,  I  got  myself  back  in  position  again,  but  then something failed and I had to retire. The pace was good, but the result is the same even so."

CHRISTIAN HORNER: "Frustrating is the only way to describe today's race. Driving an aggressivestrategy, David was a candidate for driver of the day. He overtook more than ten cars and lookedset for a strong points finish, only for a driveshaft related failure to force his retirement. Mark made a  good  start  and  pushed  Fisichella  very  hard  in  the  first  stint.  Unfortunately  he lost  time  in  the second stint due to a fuel flap failure and, ultimately, a gear box issue caused him to retire. We need  to  get  on  top  of  these  reliability  issues  very  quickly,  as obviously  they're  unacceptable.

However, we can see that we've continued to make progress and should have had two cars in thepoints today."

FABRICE LOM, Renault Principal Engineer, Track Support: "Although both cars retired today, I think it is still a positive day. We showed a very good level of performance and our engine worked once again well. Our pace today was very encouraging, David did an aggressive race, overtook several competitors. Of course we are disappointed not to finish but we should be satisfied by what has been achieved so far, especially after the tough winter we went through. We look forward the next race to confirm our competitiveness and will work hard before the Spanish Grand Prix."