Lucas di Grassi, P1 - 20th; P2 - 21st“A very productive day. We were able to run the car on all the types of tyre available - extreme wet, intermediate, prime and option. The forecast is the main doubt for the weekend but I’m happy with the progress we’ve made. I think we have covered pretty much every situation and after a problem-free Friday I’m looking forward to a good weekend for us.”

Timo Glock, P1 - 19th; P2 - 24th“A good morning. I would say the first free practice was pretty good, we had no problems and the car felt quite okay in wet conditions. Then I unfortunately made a mistake in Free Practice Two - I touched the white line, lost the car and hit the tyre barrier quite badly and the session was over quite quickly for me. But in general it didn’t look too bad and I hope it will stay wet for the whole weekend as the car felt good in the wet. I was happy with it so let’s see how it goes tomorrow.”

Nick Wirth, Virgin technical director “An interesting day in some interesting conditions! The morning was quite productive with both drivers trying some different setup solutions for the wet conditions. Timo’s afternoon started in a promising way but his crash early in the session will require a change of monocoque tonight as there is some damage that can’t be repaired at the circuit. Lucas had a more productive afternoon, and chose to run his option tyres earlier in mixed conditions and the primes at the end, in contrast to most of the others. The drivers are feeling quite confident so we should be ready for round two with the Spa weather tomorrow!”