Friday: Still work to be done for Virgin drivers
The Marussia Virgin Racing drivers seem to be more behind compared to their direct rivals, even though they appeared quite satisfied with this first day. Glock and d'Ambrosio, however, believe they can improve the settings of their cars for the qualifying session tomorrow and the race on Sunday.
Timo Glock – 21st and 19th
«I didn’t have a trouble-free first practice session as I experienced a water leak and couldn’t drive much. It cost us a bit of time, and we had to work more during this afternoon’s session, so we had a tight schedule. I think we are heading in the right direction even though we still need to improve the car. The team did an excellent job today fixing the problem very quickly. We’ll see how things go tomorrow.»
Jérôme d’Ambrosio – 22nd and 20th
I think the first session went smoothly. The second was busy, and I’m not completely satisfied with the balance of the car yet, so we have some work to do on that front. But clearly there’s room for improvement tomorrow, so we’ll work tonight and try to extract the maximum from what we have. I really enjoyed driving here – Suzuka is an incredible circuit.
