Spain Sunday quotes: HRT

Narain Karthikeyan - DNF: "I had some trouble at the start with a little bit too much wheel spin, but it didn't affect me too much and by the first turn I was already back up behind Pedro. It was the first time I drove on heavy fuel this weekend so, with the first set of tyres, my objective was to get used to them. On the second set I had a really good stint and was catching Pedro as we came in for the pit stop to switch to hard tyres. That's when my bad luck continued...I hope to leave it behind in Spain and have a fresh start in Monaco".

Luis Pérez-Sala, Team Principal: "Once more we proved a good reliability which enabled Pedro to finish the Spanish Grand Prix in front of our home crowd. It was a really tough race, with the tyres degrading a huge amount and that's why we had to go for a four-stop strategy. But despite the fact that we have a lot to improve, we're satisfied with Pedro's result, which is the best we've achieved this season thus far. It's a very special Grand Prix and for that reason we would have liked to have finished the race with not one but both cars. But unfortunately this was not the case because of a problem with Narain's second tyre change. These things can happen when you take it to the limit, to any team, and more so when you're in a learning process as we are. But in this case, after an uphill weekend, it leaves me with an especially bad taste in my mouth to have not finished the job off".