“I tried to get points today,
but in the end it wasn’t possible as I made a mistake
lapping a Hispania, who was slower than me and was shown
the blue flag, but he moved from side to side. I tried
to get past on the right, but he came back on me and
touched my wing, which is how I lost it. We tried to
switch to Intermediates before everyone, but in the end
I had to pit for an additional set. I did what I could
in what was a crazy race. On the slick tyres, we were
really fast and I got past Sutil and there were some
good passing moves, but I’m disappointed with the
result. Now we go to my home race in Barcelona where I
hope to challenge for points again.”
Sebastien Buemi (STR5-01)
Retired
“Not running on Friday was my
first problem, because that means you don’t qualify so
well and once you have to start the race from the middle
of the pack, the risk of this type of accident is always
greater. I don’t want to blame anyone for the crash, but
Liuzzi lost his car and crashed into me. It has been a
very difficult weekend and now we need to work and see
what we can do in Barcelona. I also need a bit more
luck.”
Franz Tost (Team Principal)
“Sebastien made a good
start, but unfortunately, he was hit by Liuzzi, who spun
under braking. This was the second time this season that
Sebastien has been involved in an accident not of his
own making. Overall, he performed well this weekend up
to that point, recovering from his lack of running on
Friday. I’m sure a good result will come his way soon.
Jaime drove another good race, even if the changing
weather conditions were not so easy for him to deal
with. He had to make two extra stops, once after the
first lap when he thought he had damaged his front wing,
after touching Kobayashi. But when he came in, we did
not see any damage, so did not change it. The second
stop came when he lost the front wing after a coming
together with a backmarker and, but for these two extra
stops, I’m convinced he could have finished in the
points once again. Our car performance was good here and
the team worked well in this afternoon’s complicated
conditions, so we are looking forward to Spain.”
