China Saturday quotes: Marussia

Charles Pic - 22nd: "I'm a little disappointed that I wasn't able to put my best sectors together today, but I think we can be happy with the progress we have made with the car this weekend. The developments that we brought here have proved to be very good with the expected results and we can see this for sure in the gap to Caterham, which has closed again since Malaysia. We have to keep moving in this direction now and from Spain I think we can be quite a lot stronger again. I'm looking forward to the race tomorrow."

John Booth, Team Principal: "Today has been relentless as we have fought hard to recover the positive form which we saw in FP2 yesterday. As appears to have been the case with a lot of drivers throughout the field during FP3, we also suffered a large shift in balance overnight with the increased track temperatures we have experienced today. Whilst this didn't seem to be as severe on Charles' car, it was certainly a worrying factor for Timo. All credit to Timo and his crew for working through these issues in FP3, and particularly in the break between sessions, to allow him to come back with a better balanced car in qualifying. Charles continues to impress us at this early stage in his F1 career. His best sector times from today strung together would have significantly reduced his deficit to Timo and this will be his focus going into the race tomorrow. I think we're all looking forward to what should be a straightforward day tomorrow - without the threat of rain - which will allow us to evaluate our progress further."