US GP qualifying quotes: Caterham

"In qualifying the car balance felt very different form FP3. Maybe the change inwind direction affected it a bit but it was understeering through turns four to nine and in 11, and then oversteer came in on the exit of turns 13 and 19 so I couldn't really attack as I had in FP3. We have a penalty anyway because of the gearbox change we had to make this morning so I was always going back a couple of places, but even with that it would have been good to carry through the pace from the morning session to qualifying."

Giedo van der Garde - 19th: "Right from the start of FP3 it was clear the changes we'd made overnight had worked well. The track conditions were a bit better but the car was back to how it had been in the last few races, much more balanced which meant I could push round the whole lap. We still had a bit of front locking to deal with and I was struggling a bit with traction, but overall it was a good start to the session. We tried a camber change for run two but it didn't improve anything so we stuck to what was working and the rest of the session was ok. On the performance run I didn't have a clean lap so my final time was definitely away from what it could have been, but overall I was reasonably happy going into quali.

"We went for two three lap runs in quali and I have to say I'm very pleased with where I finished. Considering the fact this is a new track for me, and I missed FP1, to finish ahead of the other guys we're fighting with is, I think, good work. The car felt really good in Q1, I'm not sure there was a lot more in it but still, we start tomorrow in 19th and I think it'll be an exciting race."