China Friday quotes: McLaren

Pedro de la Rosa - 12th: "We went through our programme with the Michelin tyres to gain some data to help us make the correct tyre choice. We decided to postpone our running until the second session, which was then affected a little bit by the rain which made it more challenging to evaluate the data.

"However we are confident that we will make the right tyre choice for the rest of the weekend. I like this track which I know from being the third driver on Fridays last year, and I look forward to the rest of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend."

Ron Dennis: "We intended to do the minimum amount of running as usual on a Friday to conserve our engines and the Michelin tyres. We waited a little too long for the track surface to clean up, which resulted in both drivers being hampered by the damp track conditions caused by a sprinkle of rain. However, we experienced no problems and will continue our work in tomorrow's practice session."

Norbert Haug: "Although today's ranking doesn't show it, we think that our basis is OK. We focused on race set-up work and our Michelin tyre evaluation programme, which was slightly hampered by the changing track conditions due to light drizzle in the second session."