Canada Saturday quotes: Midland

"We did two timed laps in qualifying, and my second run was looking pretty good through the first two sectors - I was six-tenths up. But then I lost most of it through the final sector, and I think that's what cost us our chance to break through. Still, I think we're looking OK heading into tomorrow because the car actually feels better on worn tyres, which gives me confidence that I'll be able to run strongly over a race distance."
 
Christijan Albers - 20th: "Today was not a great day for us, I have to admit. We're really struggling to find the right set-up. Yesterday, I wasn't able to get it together, and I did not get it together today, either. It's been a tough weekend for us so far and I think it's going to be a tough race tomorrow, as well.

"On the positive side, once again, I have a lot of tyres for the race, so I'll be pushing as hard as I can to make the best of the situation."

Colin Kolles, Managing Director: "We're quite competitive through the first two sectors, but we're losing a lot of time in the third. It's frustrating but not entirely unexpected, because this is a track that requires efficient aerodynamics. We still have some work to do in this area, but there will be improvements coming soon."

James Key, Technical Director: "Today was a little bit disappointing. To be fair, we didn't expect to be as competitive here as at Silverstone because of the nature of the circuit. Both drivers did a good job to extract the most out of the car. We learned a bit during this morning's practice session, but the track was still improving.

"Come qualifying, what we suspected with the track and the tyres proved to be the case: Sectors One and Two were very competitive - we're happy with them - but Sector Three has been our downfall all weekend; we're just not quick enough in a straight line.

"We need to work on that, and it's our biggest issue at the moment. But we'll just have to make a sensible strategy decision for tomorrow now, and make the best of the race."

Johnny Herbert, Sporting Relations Manager: "It's disappointing that we didn't get through to the second qualifying session, but it was still very close. Now we have to look forward to running a strong race tomorrow, executing a sound strategy and getting both cars home to the finish.

"This is typically a high-attrition race, so reliability will play a very important role. Thankfully, that's been one of our strengths lately, so we have reason to be fairly optimistic."