Malaysia Friday quotes: Ferrari

"What we can be sure of is that when the car runs trouble-free, we are competitive. We hope we can do a good job in tomorrow's qualifying."

Felipe Massa - 2nd: "The situation seems different compared to Australia, at least in terms of how the tyres operate. There is more grip and the softer tyres work well, even over a long distance. At the start of the long runs, I had a bit of understeer in the high speed corners and oversteer in the slow ones, but towards the end, the handling of the car improved continuously and I could set some great times. Clearly, looking at the time sheet today, there's a slight feeling of relief, even if it has to be treated with caution: we are very motivated and the whole team will be trying its best."

Luca Baldisserri: "This morning we experienced a short circuit in the kinetic energy recovery system fitted to Kimi's car, which cost us a bit of time, but it didn't compromise our completion of today's programme. The main aim was to understand how the two types of Bridgestone tyre we have here perform, both over a single first lap and over a distance.

"From what we have seen today, the situation seems very different to what we experienced in Melbourne, especially when it comes to the consistency of performance from the softer compound. From this point of view, it's been a good day, but we have to work very carefully on every detail when it comes to the reliability of the car."