Sebastien Buemi

(STR4-03)“We have the new package on the car here, but it’s not a magic trick, where youput something on the car and go a lot faster immediately. At the moment, we aretrying to understand what it does in terms of car balance. It is definitely better andnow our task is to get the most out of it. In between sessions there is not enoughtime to go in depth into the data, so this evening we will get a better picture.Generally, it has been a positive day and I think we can have a degree ofconfidence for qualifying. Having a new team-mate does not affect me that muchas I drive my car on my own! The team seems happy and he produced a goodperformance.”

First Practice SessionBest lap 1.23.998, pos. 19th, 37 lapsSecond Practice SessionBest lap 1.23.176, pos. 19th, 45 laps

Jaime Alguersuari

(STR4-02)“I am quite happy with how today has gone, especially this morning, when I had agood pace and felt quite confident. In the second session, my lap time could havebeen better, but I didn’t get a clean lap on the option tyre. I am learning all thetime. The hardest part was the entry into the high speed corners, which I need totake much faster, but that will come as my confidence grows and I do morekilometres. Every time I went out from the garage, I was learning and felt morecomfortable with the situation.”

First Practice SessionBest lap 1.24.228, pos. 20th, 42 lapsSecond Practice SessionBest lap 1.23.942, pos. 20th, 40 laps

Franz Tost:

“Jaime did a very good job in his first day of practice in Formula 1.He completed a total of 82 laps without making any mistakes. With every lap, hegot more used to the car, to working with his engineers and to the generalenvironment. Overall, it’s been a good preparation for tomorrow’s qualifying andfor the race. A fantastic job so far.”Rights-free images are available