OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
Istanbul, Turkey, May 28, 2010
Top spot in both sessions
JENSON BUTTON
- MP4-25A-03
- P1 programme: 21 laps, 1m29.615s (+.962s), 2nd
- P2 programme: 30 laps, 1m28.280s, 1st
�This morning was reasonably good, and this afternoon was better. I was struggling a little through Turn Eight, it�s an area we�ll be working on overnight because it�s pretty tricky through there at the moment. It�s a tough corner, especially if the car�s moving around � so we�ve got to hope we can solve some of those issues before tomorrow.
�The car feels reasonably good around here � there are still some areas where we�re not so strong, and the Red Bulls will once again be the cars to beat in qualifying tomorrow, we can�t get away from that. I just hope we�re closer than we�ve been in the last two races.
�I think the Ferrari will be quick here too. It should be the top four teams that we normally see, and possibly Renault as well, so I don�t think qualifying tomorrow will be boring. There should be some good battles.�
LEWIS HAMILTON
- MP4-25A-01
- P1 programme: 20 laps, 1m28.653s, 1st
- P2 programme: 32 laps, 1m28.672s (+.392s), 4th
�This is such a great circuit, and the grip didn�t seem too bad today. It also seems very tight between all the frontrunners � the times are very close. Our car doesn�t seem to be performing too badly, so I�m happy with today�s running.
�Turn Eight is quite bumpy as always, and you could see today that some of the others were having a few difficulties through there, but it wasn�t a problem for us.
�I have no doubts that tomorrow in qualifying the Red Bulls will pull out something extra, which they always seem able to do. We haven�t made too many changes to the car for this race, but we�ve got a chance this weekend, and I think we�ll be able to compete with them.�
MARTIN WHITMARSH
Team principal, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
�We�ve made a number of small improvements to the car for this race, and we spent the day evaluating and back-to-backing those components on Jenson and Lewis�s cars. The job for the engineers now is to evaluate that data ahead of tomorrow�s sessions.
�We�re reasonably confident with the pace we showed today. While it�s not indicative of overall performance, we feel that our package should be quite efficient here, and, as always, we�re confident that we�ll be able to refine the car overnight ahead of qualifying tomorrow.
�This is a demanding circuit � for both drivers and engineers, and we�ve still got plenty of work to do to optimise our cars for qualifying and the race.�
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