Europe Saturday quotes: Sauber

Sergio Perez - 15th: "Of course I am disappointed with the qualifying, but I have every reason to be confident as we made some changes to the car for the race which didn't help us this afternoon. I believe they will pay off on the longer run. For me the car's balance wasn't good in qualifying, and the car felt a bit unpredictable. For the race I hope we can go at a consistent pace with a good strategy. We have to go for a rather aggressive approach and we have proven we can manage that."

Giampaolo Dall'Ara, Head of Track Engineering: "As expected, the performance level was again very close between the cars. For us the work done overnight paid off. We were closer today than yesterday. Our goal for qualifying was to reach the top ten. We knew this would be very difficult. In the end, Sergio didn't get it right, had some difficulties making it into Q2 and didn't make it to Q3. Starting 15th will obviously not be easy for the race. Kamui did a good lap on medium tyres in Q1, which allowed us to save a set of soft tyres and make best use of them in Q2, where the track was maybe faster in the beginning. This boosted our chances of making it into Q3, so then we took an aggressive approach and waited for the last moment. Kamui then did a good lap. Seventh reflects quite well where we are at the moment and is a good position for the race tomorrow."