Brazil qualifying quotes: Lotus

Heikki Kovalainen - 11th: "It's disappointing not to make the top ten, but I just didn't have enough pace in the second session; it's as simple as that. The conditions weren't ideal, but it's the same for everybody and there was nothing wrong with the car so I can't have any complaints. It's not the ideal starting position, but the car is performing well and anything can happen in motor racing - especially here at Interlagos - so we'll look at where we can improve for tomorrow and try to do a better job in the race."

Romain Grosjean - 6th: "That was quite a difficult afternoon. It was tricky to decide which tyre we should use for the final qualifying session and we wanted to try for pole which is why we used the intermediates, but in the end there was probably just a little bit too much water which certainly made things interesting. Ultimately my lap wasn't good enough, but the car has been strong all weekend so we're confident for the race no matter what the weather is. Certainly, my Q2 lap in the wet today was very good and we know we have a strong baseline setup in the dry, so let's see what happens."