Ferrari

Eddie Irvine: "The car is performing better than it did at last week's test. It is hard to be sure exactly what the situation is, because of the strong wind. That is what caused me to lose the rear end of the car and spin this morning. The wind problem is worse than last year as the tyres now offer less grip, so we rely more on the aerodynamics. At the end of the session, we made some changes to the set-up, which improved the car in some parts of the track and made it worse in others. We will have to look at that tomorrow. Of course I am happy to be quickest today, but it does not mean much."

Michael Schumacher: "We got through a lot of work today and tried many different configurations. The car feels better than at last week's test and its handling has improved. It is a bit difficult to analyse today's times because of the wind, which greatly affects lap times here. To judge our own performance accurately, we must look at the data to see who did what times in what conditions. I am fairly optimistic that we can qualify as well as we did in Monaco. It will be difficult, but not impossible."

Jean Todt: "Today, especially in the second half of the session, it was difficult to get to grips with the car's performance, because of the wind. Overall, we look in pretty good shape and our performance is similar to that which we saw in testing. Anyway, we will have a clearer picture after tomorrow's qualifying session."

Jordan

Heinz-Harald Frentzen: "I am very happy with today's result. The wind was strong and we had to work hard to find the right set up for today's conditions. Ironically, we ended up with exactly the same set up as we had at the end of our test last week, but whereas in the test the balance was not quite right, today it was very good. These narrow track Formula One cars are extremely sensitive to the conditions here in Barcelona. The wind, track temperature and the turbulence from cars under 200 metres ahead can make a big difference to the lap times. So all things considered, we did a good job today, and will hopefully be able to get it right again tomorrow."

Damon Hill: "It was difficult to find the right set up today due to the windy condition. It makes it very hard to read the car and make the right set up changes. But the result at the end of the day was not bad."

McLaren

Mika Hakkinen: "We spent this morning optimising the car for the current conditions which were very hot with changeable winds and they may well be the same in the race."

David Coulthard: "We worked through the usual pattern of set up checks and changes, as we always do on a Friday. Whilst I am not as quick as I would like to be yet, I am certain there is plenty more to come tomorrow morning."

Ron Dennis: "Today was a little bit like skiing without snow - you can still have the desire but the elements work against you. Barcelona is notorious for the gusty conditions we experienced today, therefore we compromised the set up of the car to accomodate these conditions should we experience them either tomorrow or on Sunday. At the moment the times are not representative of anyone's true performance."

Norbert Haug: "Difficult circumstances with winds blowing from various directions made today's practices difficult for everybody. That said, we should be in good shape tomorrow and it looked as if not all the teams ran in race configuration today."

Williams

Alex Zanardi: "Of course I am very happy with today's result even if it's thunder in a blue sky. Anyway, we must work hard, but I cannot ask more from the Team, as everyone is working flat out all the time. I am sure that this is the only way to come to a better performing car, because the tradition of the Williams Team, with regards both to the results and the technical expertise, is much better than the today's situation. We don't have to get carried away by this result, but I hope I will maintain my performances at this level."

Ralf Schumacher: "Although we have done many test days here in Barcelona, I am not so happy with the set up of the car. In fact, while in some corners I had understeer problems, in others the rear was quite unstable. We will work hard in order to sort out every problem for tomorrow's qualifying. James Robinson, Senior Operations Engineer Returning here after the test last week we obviously found we required a different balance today from the one we used at the end of the test. We are focusing on trying to achieve this, being aware of different track and weather conditions and tyre life."

BAR

Jacques Villeneuve: "I'm very happy with the work we did today. We worked on general set-ups, were able to complete our programme, and I managed to set some reasonable times, so I'm confident that we'll have a good qualifying on Saturday."

Mika Salo: "It was rather a disappointing morning for me as I was not able to complete a timed lap before I had the engine problem, but my mechanics did an absolutely fantastic job to change it in an hour and a quarter, so I was able to do some runs in the afternoon session. I only completed 11 laps altogether but fortunately we were testing at Catalunya last week and we were able to get a lot of useful data. Also the car was handling really well then, but of course the circuit is never the same two days in a row, so I shall have some work to do Saturday morning to get in shape for a good grid position. I am confident that it won't be a problem."

Craig Pollock, Managing Director: "A good session overall. Had it not been for Mika's engine problem we could have been in a better position. However, I was pleased to see how well the team worked together, and we are gaining in performance all the time."

Robert Synge, Team Manager: "On the whole not a bad day's work for us. Jacques completed his programme with no problems and his times show that we are about where we expected to be at this stage. Mika was unlucky to miss the morning session, but so far, so good, sums up things for us, I think."