Bahrain Preview Quotes: BAR

Takuma Sato: "After my unfortunate circumstance in Malaysia, I can't wait to get back into the car in Bahrain. Last year, at the same race, I had a strong weekend. I finished in the points in fifth position, and so I am really looking forward to going back there."

Geoffrey Willis, Technical Director: "After the disappointment of the double retirement in Malaysia, we head to Bahrain for the final leg of the initial fly-away races determined to turn clear signs of the 007 performance into tangible results. We can expect Bahrain to be almost as hot as the previous round and the high track temperatures will make looking after the tyres a critical element during the race.

"As part of the testing this week in Paul Ricard, we have been working with Michelin to finalise the tyre specifications as well as solving the reliability issues from the last race and further developing the aerodynamic characteristics of the car. A unique feature of Bahrain is the fine sand dust which can rapidly affect track conditions. The slow and medium corner speed circuit layout requires the car set-up to have good traction without too much understeer and a good brake package to cope with the heavy braking duty cycle."

Shuhei Nakamoto, Engineering Director, Honda Racing Development: "We have put a countermeasure in place for the problems that we had in Malaysia and will be doing our best to get some solid points on the board in Bahrain."