China Saturday quotes: Super Aguri

"At the end of session we also tested the dry tyre options and completed a few timed laps, which was good because I missed most of the running yesterday. Qualifying was like a lottery, with changing weather and track conditions which made it difficult to pick the right running time, and also a red flag situation.

"I am taking an engine change penalty on the grid anyway, but, wet or dry, I believe that we are ready for the race tomorrow."

Sakon Yamamoto - 22nd: "I'm really disappointed with my qualifying result because I had confidence going into the rainy session from FP3 this morning. During qualifying we changed our strategy and ran a new tyre evaluation.

"But on my fastest lap there was a red flag, so I had to come back to the garage. When I went out again there were only three minutes left and with so much water on the track there was no chance to improve on my time.

"Obviously the lap times are down due to the weather conditions, but my lap time today was not the best that I could have set. Whether the conditions are wet or dry tomorrow, I will just try to do my best."

Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal: "This afternoon's qualifying was driven in very difficult conditions for everybody. It was hard for us to decide on the correct tyre choice for the session and then, just before the drivers went out for their attacking laps, we had a red flag situation.

"This was extremely bad timing for us and we did not qualify well, but hopefully we shall have dry conditions for the race tomorrow."