Sebastien Buemi (STR4-01)

“I am really happy to be in Q3, as it’s more than I had expected. I don’t think I couldhave got any higher up the order. On low fuel, the car was very good, but we didn’thave any new Options left for Q3, so I had to do three flying laps on the Prime, soconsidering that, we can be satisfied with this. The team worked really well, doing afantastic job to improve the car a lot since the start of the season and today it workedvery well. Now, I am very much looking forward to tomorrow’s race”.

Third Practice Session: Best lap 1.36.742, pos. 13th, 16 lapsQualifying Session: Best lap 1.39.321, pos. 10th

Sebastien Bourdais(STR4-02)

“I made a mistake, it’s as simple as that. I tried to optimise my line to take Turn 8, butI cut the apex too much and got on the marbles and the dirt on the left side and so thecar never really turned in. Because of the dirt on the tyres, the next few corners werea disaster, losing me around half a second. Yesterday had been very promising butfor whatever reason, today it didn’t work out. When you see my team-mate did twogreat laps, you can understand that the potential is there. Tomorrow, I will see what Ican do, and even if it’s hard to make up places here, I’ll keep pushing.”

Third Practice Session: Best lap 1.36.834, pos. 14th, 17 lapsQualifying Session: Best lap 1.36.906, pos. 16th

Giorgio Ascanelli: “It’s fair to say we are learning a lot about the car and we mustcongratulate Buemi for getting into Q3 at only his third attempt. He is still on a verysteep learning curve and he didn’t get it quite right in Q2. We had to use all ourOption tyres in the first two sessions, to make sure of getting into Q3. I also want tothank Red Bull Technology, because the car is clearly well born. I think Red BullRacing deserve their pole and I’m cheering for them.”