Jaime Alguersuari:(STR5-01)FP3: Best lap 1.39.159, pos. 15th, 21 lapsQualifying: Best lap 1.37.853, pos. 16th“We can be reasonably satisfied with this result because it is so easy togain or lose tenths here because the track has so many corners. As wecome towards the final part of the season, I must say thanks to my raceengineer, who has developed a very good understanding of what I needand his decisions are nearly always right. That meant I was very happywith the balance of the car and I think I got the most I could out of the softtyres. We did a good job in improving the car from yesterday and I thinkwe can therefore expect further improvement in the race.”

Sebastien Buemi:(STR5-02)FP3: Best lap 1.39.058, pos. 13th, 21 lapsQualifying: Best lap 1.38.594, pos. 17th“I have to say I am not happy with my performance. In Q2 on my last run,we opted to go for just one flying lap, to run with less fuel in the car, but Idid not get the best of laps, making a few small mistakes which, puttogether, cost me a lot of time. Jaime did a really strong lap socongratulations to him for that. We need to work hard now to prepare fortomorrow, when we can face a long race in which anything could bepossible. Jaime’s performance shows we are not that far from those justin front of us in terms of pace so let’s wait and see. We were not expectedto get into the points in Suzuka but we did and who knows, it mighthappen again here.”

Laurent Mekies (Chief Engineer):“Our overall performance compared to our main competitors was not toobad, as we are relatively close in terms of lap times to the best ForceIndia, Sauber and also Williams. The truth is that you have six cars in twotenths and we were at the bottom of that group. Therefore today, two orthree tenths have proved very expensive. Overall we have improved ourperformance since the start of the weekend and hopefully we can takeanother step forward for the race. We can expect the first Korean GrandPrix to be full of surprises with those walls and the decent overtakingopportunities so hopefully it will be a good show.”