Japanese GP: Ferrari Saturday quotes

Felipe Massa - 11th: "I am very disappointed with the way this qualifying went. Up until the second run in Q2, everything was going well: the car felt very quick and I was happy with its balance. But suddenly, once we fitted a new set of Softs, I lost grip at the front, right from the first corner and it never returned throughout the lap. To miss out on Q3 by just 21 thousandths is a further blow. It's very frustrating not being able to get the right results when you know you can count on a good car. It definitely won't be easy making up places on a track like this, but we will give it our all and try and bring home plenty of points."

Stefano Domenicali: "We definitely couldn't say the Gods were smiling on us today! Yellow flags meant that Fernando was unable to secure a place on the front two rows: it's all part of the game, but that doesn't lessen the disappointment, at least in the heat of the moment. It's regrettable because neither of our two grid positions reflect our potential. Felipe could also have secured a good result: we have to understand what happened on his second run in Q2, because it's strange not to improve on a lap time set with old tyres when new ones of the same type have been fitted. Clearly the way we approach the race changes completely after this afternoon: we will try and score as many points as possible in a race that will be very tough and tricky, especially in terms of tyre wear. As usual, the number one priority will be reliability, because without that, you're not going anywhere."

Pat Fry: "It's been one of those days where it seems everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Felipe was fast all day, but at the moment when he should have made the most of his second set of Soft tyres, he was unable to exploit all their potential: we now need to understand why this set of tyres did not live up to expectations. In Q3, we were hit by the yellow flag, which deprived Fernando of the chance of at least setting the fourth fastest time, a result that was within his grasp. Clearly, starting from these positions on the grid, we can expect a very difficult race, also when one takes into account that our closest competitor in the championship is on pole. We worked a lot over the past two days to find the right car configuration and it seems we have found a good compromise: it's just a shame we were not able to demonstrate that fully when it came to the lap times. Putting this disappointment behind us, now we are concentrating on race preparation, always keeping in mind that the points are only given out tomorrow afternoon..."