Japan preview quotes: Virgin

Lucas di Grassi: "Suzuka is likely to be the most technical circuit of the year, so it will be a great challenge to get up to speed as I did in Singapore. It is another new track for me but I am pleased with the way I have adapted well to the circuits which I have no prior experience of racing at. I was particularly pleased with my performance in Singapore following my first experience of the track in Free Practice 2. I will have a similar challenge in Japan but I have done a lot of preparation work with my engineers and on the simulator, so I'm looking forward to racing at this fantastic track. It is obviously a great technical challenge, so I'm optimistic that our new developments will give us what we need to end the weekend ahead of our immediate competition."

John Booth, Team Principal: "This current batch of races sees us heading back and forth to this part of the world on three separate occasions, but every race brings fresh challenges and enhances our development so we are enjoying our 'global tour'. We obviously look forward to every Grand Prix of our debut season but there is no doubt that it is the circuits that are the most technically challenging that we all find particularly appealing. Suzuka is one such circuit, a real classic which has been entertaining us all for many years with the spectacular racing it regularly provides. The track is very quick with a great combination of corners and the figure-of-eight section which marks it out as unique. We can always expect the weather to throw up some interesting curveballs here but Singapore showed that we can make the best of variable conditions. We have the second part of our final major upgrade of the season and we hope the new aerodynamic developments will help us to continue our current trend of closing the gap to the established teams."