Michael
Schumacher:
"We had an interesting day. We were very quick in
the morning and a little bit slower in the afternoon. We had a clear
picture of what set-up we required having tested at this track in
the winter, but our competitors have picked up their pace during
the course of the day and I think the rest of the weekend will also
be interesting. I think we can fight for the win on Sunday, but
it will not be an easy task."
Rubens
Barrichello:
"We have not yet managed to find the ideal set-up
for the car in these track conditions, but I believe that, along
with my engineers, we will manage to find the right solutions to
fine tune the F2004 for tomorrow and Sunday. On top of that, we
have seen that the potential is there."
Ross
Brawn:
"One of our main tasks today was evaluating the two
types of tyre available to us and we have gathered enough data to
make a choice. We were able to do very long runs to simulate tyre
behaviour in the race. We also worked on the brakes which get a
hard time at this track. Michael was reasonably happy with the set-up
on his car, but one could say that Rubens was less so. Now we have
to work on optimising our package for qualifying and the race."