Brazil Friday quotes: BMW

Robert Kubica - 16th: "I have done just a few laps. The track is quite nice to drive, but there is not a lot of grip and it is a bit bumpy. However, it is the same for everybody. For me everything is okay and it is just a normal Friday, although I did spin after going on a white line, which I think was still a bit wet from this morning."

Nick Heidfeld - 18th: "Normally I really like driving in Interlagos, but today I found it pretty difficult because the balance of my car is not right yet. The car isn't behaving consistently, but on the other hand the laptimes where consistent, and that is positive."

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director): "We are satisfied with the first day of practice. Sebastian had a big programme, which especially contained the tyre comparisons, and completed 62 laps. He is happy with both the set up and the performance of the car. Nick and Robert haven't done any long runs so far, but tomorrow they will profit from Sebastian's set up work. There were one or two spins, but we had no technical problems.

"The most successful driver of all time is retiring, he did a lot for the sport and because of him, especially in Germany, F1 is very popular. As a thank you to Michael Schumacher we have Thanks Michael and Danke Michael on the rear wings of our cars."

Willy Rampf (Technical Director): "The last Friday practice session of the 2006 season went absolutely according to plan. Interlagos is known for extreme improvements in the grip level, so we have to have these changing conditions in mind when looking at the data from Sebastian's tyre comparison.

"With Nick and Robert we waited until the end of the session in order to find best track conditions to get the right information for the car's balance."