DAVID COULTHARD, Position 11th"Obviously, the goal is to get into the top ten and I'm disappointed not to have made it, but, in comparison to my morning session where every tyre I ran on was graining, I think this afternoonwas  actually  a  step  forward.  We  now  have  a  fuel  choice  for  tomorrow  and  I'm  starting  on  theclean side of the grid, which is good."

MARK WEBBER, Position 10th"It's not ideal to be tenth on the grid here, actually it's one of the worst positions to be in as it's so hard to overtake! I'd prefer to be eleventh. With the qualifying rules we now have, you can end upgoing  through  all  of  Q3  but  finishing  tenth  means  you  don't  really  gain  anything,  as  you  can'tadjust  your  fuel  ahead  of  the  race  as  the  other  cars  behind  you  can.  But,  I  think  we  have  a reasonable strategy so we'll see what we can do tomorrow."

CHRISTIAN HORNER: "It's an interesting grid for tomorrow's race. We believe we're well placed strategically and it'll be interesting to see how it pans out. The choice between the soft and hard tyres today was different for each team. David was unfortunate to miss out on the top ten by just 100th of a second, but it gives him freedom of choice for his strategy tomorrow. We'll be looking to push up the order during tomorrow afternoon."

FABRICE LOM, Renault, Principal Engineer, Track Support: "From a technical point of view, everything worked perfectly. David qualified well and missed out on getting to Q3 by the tiniest of margins, while Mark did a strong job as usual. He is tenth, but let us wait until tomorrow to see what fuel loads the others are running. For our part, we feel we are in a good position in terms of fuel. The package seems to be going well here and we have done all we can to have a good race when, as expected, we will be fighting with Toyota and Williams." 

STATISTICS

DAVID COULTHARD3rd Practice Position:    14        Best Time:    1:21.752     Laps:     15Qualifying Position:      11        Best Time:    1:20.718Chassis Number:           3

MARK WEBBER3rd Practice Position:    9         Best Time:    1:21.220     Laps:     13Qualifying Position:      10        Best Time:    1:20.439Chassis Number:           4