Timo Glock, 16th: “I got a good start and got ahead of Trulli in the Lotus into turn one and everything was going well, but I was only able to defend the position for so long before he was able to get past. The car was working well and we were able to look after the tyres, so we were able to stick to a two-stop strategy. My engineer did a great job to get me through the traffic and it was a very straightforward race for me. Great job by the pit stop crew as a very smooth stop helped me to get back out ahead of Trulli. Apart from the steps we still need to make in performance terms, everything is working well, so we are looking forward to what our development package can bring after China in time for Europe.”
Jerome D’Ambrosio, DNF: “I’m quite happy with this weekend. I won’t be remembering the fact that I stopped with less than 15 laps to go but my goal was to improve on Melbourne on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was definitely much better – and the race as well. I was able to keep up a good pace, especially in the second and third stints, so I must say I’m pretty happy about that. But this is just the beginning and I have to keep on working and improving all the time. I’ve made a step in the right direction so that’s good.”
John Booth, Team Principal: “On the face of it we are obviously disappointed that we weren’t able to get both cars home today, but generally we can be very pleased with a strong team performance in the race. Both drivers drove well and we were a little better off in terms of pace but what worked well for us is the way we have been able to manage the tyre degradation we saw earlier in the weekend and get ourselves to a position where we only needed to stop twice with each car. The pit crew had some tough challenges thrown at them today – some late calls and stops in quick succession – and they responded admirably in what are always tough climatic conditions here at Sepang. In the end Jerome hit the kerb hard which caused the power switch to toggle off and the car stopped out on track. That aside, he should feel very happy that he is doing a great job overall in only his second race.”
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