Category: On the track news

“Well done to Seb on his Championship and also to all the Team; to get a fourth title is amazing.” said Mark amid his own disappointment on having to retire from the race with an alternator failure.

“We thought it was worth trying something a little bit different with the strategy today, so that’s why we ran the primes in Q3,” explained Mark after qualifying fourth for tomorrow’s Indian Grand Prix, the first of the runners on the medium compound tyres.

“We were on the back foot a bit after Romain’s great start.” said Mark after finishing second in today’s Japanese Grand Prix.

“It’s a great circuit and I’ll never forget the first sector today,” said Mark after claiming pole position for tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix. “it’s what us guys strive for and it’s what our profession is all about; driving that is a real highlight for us.”

“The track is a special one and in terms of difficulty, it’s right up there,” said Mark after a positive day one at Suzuka

For the second race in succession, Mark’s race went up in flames, this time as a result of a wayward Adrian Sutil running into him.

“We had to take a bit of pace out of the car for qualifying, not much, but it was about how to compromise between qualifying and the race tomorrow.” explained Mark after qualifying third for tomorrow’s South Korean GP. Mark however, will start 13th due to his 10-place grid penalty.

“We need to have a car which can be strong in the first sector, so we can get some overtaking done,” says Mark after Friday’s two practice sessions.

“I think I did pretty much everything I could today,” said Mark after his hopes of a podium finish were dashed during the closing stages of the race when he was forced to retire with an overheating engine.

“I’m a bit disappointed. But, it’s a long race tomorrow and I think we can do something from fourth place as we’ve got a very good race car,” said Mark after this evening’s qualifying session for the Singapore Grand Prix.