Abu Dhabi GP: Sauber Saturday quotes

Kamui Kobayash - 16th: "I have been struggling with the balance of the car since we got here. We did a lot of changes and managed to improve it to a certain extent, but I still had problems with the front brakes locking. This was also the reason for the mistake on my final flying lap in Q2. I hit the brakes, the front wheels locked and that was it. I think in race conditions we should be better, but it won't be easy to improve. The circuit allows for overtaking, but you also need to have the speed for it."

Monisha Kaltenborn, Team Principal: "We know this is a challenging track for us and we have experienced issues throughout the weekend on our low fuel runs. This result is not a surprise for us, but at the same time we have seen our long run pace is good and now we have to make the most of it during the race."

Giampaolo Dall'Ara, Head of Track Engineering: "Today was all about the field being so tight. All in all we had hoped to put at least one car in the top ten, but we didn't make it. Apart from that I think there is still some work to do to have the best possible race tomorrow. It was kind of a normal day, everything went okay, but the performance was not totally satisfactory."