India GP : Alonso & Massa Sunday quotes

Fernando Alonso: "my problem with my front wing until I damaged it ruined my race, we had to change it immediately and with a stop further I didn't have the ability to trace, the fight was fierce.Webber hit someone and came on me, the turn 4 I also hit Button. As a result I had trouble with the car's steering , it was difficult on the right turns, the only thing to do was to return to the pits.In the end, if you look at the race of Webber or Perez we can say that our strategy was correct, because when the others returned to the pits, they were at the top, but it is true that it went well for those who started in soft.I would like to congratulate Vettel, because he has been the best this year and he won. However I am sad to not have scored points in the fight for second place in the constructors ranking , but now we have come back on Mercedes. We must absolutely do better in the next races and aim for the podium, at least with one of our cars ."

Felipe Massa: "it was a great race and I'm very happy, because the strategy worked. I managed to still run at a good pace, even with the soft tyres. Here, I could have fought to the podium, but the track has evolved, certain cars as Grosjean in the Lotus, have managed to make one stop, which was impossible for us. I lost a position with Rosberg, at the beginning of his second stop, but I have to be happy today because we did no error. We lost second place in the constructors standings, because Mercedes was very fast and we are well aware that, even if it won't be easy, there are still three races and we will do our utmost to the end.I would like to congratulate Sebastian, who deserves all that he has done so far. I'm really happy for him, because he is a great driver and a very nice guy. From today, his name will be sitting alongside the greatest drivers in the history of F1 , as Senna, Schumacher and a few others."

India GP : the race results

India GP : Alonso & Massa Saturday quotes

Fernando Alonso: "we planned prior to qualification what might be the best strategy, it was very difficult to choose between two options. With the use of soft tyres in Q3 we could hope a better starting position, but we opted instead for the midrange for a race without traffic, because if the soft compound confirmed its performance so far, those who chose this option will have to stop very early, around the sixth lap, then will meet behind the cars that will go until the thirtieth lap. It's true that at some point of the race, I'll have to put the soft ones, it means there will be a moment more difficult during which we will have to be prepared. Friday, with these tyres, I did fifteen or sixteen laps, but today, only three. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to determine now how it will be tomorrow, and only after the checkered flag, we will know what will have been the right strategy.What is good is that our two cars have different strategies, and Felipe and I should be able to help the team achieve second place in the constructors Championship , our priority."

Felipe Massa: "I am very satisfied with this performance even if my lap was not perfect. Indeed, I have unfortunately lost time in the second sector what probably made me lose one or two positions, but the goal is to do my best tomorrow.Unlike my teammate and other cars I made the choice to leave with the soft tyres because at the Nurburgring I made a choice that did not pay and so it will be interesting to see who has chosen the best strategy, we will see after the first relay.Everything will depend on the tyres, medium ones seemed well resist but the evolution of the track can change the soft limit degradation and those who have made other choices may be correct.I'll try to pass Webber initially, enjoying the advantage of the soft tyres, I really hope that my decision is good and this will allow me to have a good race."

India GP : the grid

India GP : Alonso & Massa Friday quotes

Fernando Alonso: "it was a Friday like the others, I had a mechanical problem this morning which reduced my time on track but fortunately this has little affected the programme during the first free practice session whose goal is to get used to the track. It's always important to have the right feeling on a circuit and to try the tyres that are very important here. We also got a first idea of what will be our race pace and the level of degradation of the same tyres if the track will be very different Sunday of what it currently is.The situation is not really different of the last races because we have a little delay on the performance and tomorrow we will have to do everything to be well positioned for the start , the objective is to finish on the podium."

Felipe Massa: "it was a positive day and I hope that Sunday it will be even better because the car worked well. I love this track. In my first lap in soft tyres I have not managed to establish a good time due to traffic.Nevertheless, I am pleased of the race simulation I did with medium tyres . I managed to do a lot of laps and it's something important for the race. Degradation is large enough but not too much so I think that we won't have many pit stops even though you have to be careful with the soft tyres.I think that Red Bull will continue to beat everyone but we have to see what will make the other cars especially in qualifying because the Mercedes and the Lotus seem very fast but as usual we will do our maximum."

India GP : FP2 results

India GP : FP1 results