Sunday: Kobayashi brings another point for Sauber

Kamui Kobayashi – 10th:

I am very happy to have been able to score at least one point today. I had a good start that allowed me to gain a few positions. It was important after qualifying where I wasn’t in the position I wanted to be. When I tried to get closer to Adrian [Sutil] on lap 14, we had a car in front of us that didn’t see us. I hit it, and that’s why I had a hole in my front wing. In fact, it wasn’t a problem for driving even though dust and gravel were getting into the cockpit. My white suit wasn’t so white by the end of the race, but it doesn’t matter. I then made my second stop earlier than we had planned, and I had 26 laps left to do on hard tires. I was able to overtake Paul di Resta three laps before the end, but it was now or never because I have to admit that after this overtake, my tires were gone.

Sergio Perez – 17th:

My start was rather good but I didn’t take the first corner well and lost some positions. First of all, I’m sorry about what happened with Adrian [Sutil] – sorry for him and the team. At that point in the race, I had to make the most of my tires, I was under pressure from Vitaly [Petrov] so I was pushing hard. Unfortunately, I lost the rear of the car while I was already on the inside of Sutil. I had to move towards him to avoid losing the car and I’m not proud of it. However, today I felt more comfortable than ever with the car.

Peter Sauber – Team Principal:

«It was a very exciting race today and difficult, but we bring back a point. We are happy about it. Especially since the car has more potential than what we were able to see today, mainly because both drivers were stuck in traffic during the race.»