Australia Saturday quotes: Lotus

Kimi Raikkonen - 18th: "Today didn't go quite as planned. There's no issue with the car; I made a mistake and there was a communication issue so the timing wasn't right to get another lap. It cost us a good qualifying position but that's how it goes sometimes. We should have easily been in Q2. It's not the best start but we'll try to put it right in the race. There's plenty of speed in the car. The steering was fine. It's not perfect for exactly what I want but it doesn't affect my driving. For sure we can do better than 18th tomorrow so we'll have to see what happens."

Mar 17, 2012, 9:11 AM

Romain Grosjean - 3rd: "Today is like a dream come true. I only really discovered the Albert Park circuit in the dry this morning and I didn't know what to expect. When I heard my position over the radio I just could not believe it. This third position shows one thing: you must believe in your dreams and hold on to them, whatever happens. Very few people still had faith in me after my first life in F1, but we've all worked very hard to start a new adventure and I'm very happy to be able to put a great performance in right from the start of the season. Thank you also to the team for designing such a nice, tidy and quick little car. I will not get carried away because, as the saying goes, you don't score any points on a Saturday. We all know that Melbourne can be a very tricky race. I hope we can keep going like this all season long and in the end it will be a nice story."