Quotes Roundup – Week Ending 12th April

The very best from the mouths of those in the know.

When to Start?

The rain in Sepang has caused a stir…

• “I don’t see anything wrong with the start time, we just didn’t know about the rain. If we had started at 2pm then it would have rained as well.” Bernie Ecclestone
  
• “The issue here is whether we have enough daylight, and on Sunday this was not the case. It was not just the fans who were dissatisfied with a shorter race but I think everyone involved in F1 also lost money.” Razlan Razali, CEO of Sepang Circuit
  
• “We should not have a twilight race. Either we have a race without lighting, then it should finish earlier, or we have a night race and you can go on when you want. Here it was on the edge.” Mario Theissen
  

Ferrari’s Lack of Form

The team know they have to do better…

• “So what we have to do now on one side is to work very hard to try to anticipate as much as we can, all of the development on the car. Then on the other side, on the track, we want to make sure that people with certain responsibilities are taking the right decisions in the right way…” Stefano Domenicali
  
• “Should his contract really not be renewed, then it would certainly not be because of the Malaysian GP. Michael may give some advice to the team, but he is not the team leader nor the team manager at Ferrari.” Willi Weber, Michael Schumacher’s manager
  
• “I brought with me a monk’s hood to make everyone understand that we have to tackle this season with humility and made the point that I don’t want to find us on some sort of TV comedy video programme after each race.” Luca di Montezemolo
  

Diffuser Hearing Approaches

The row over rear diffusers will be decided next week…

• “The FIA’s Court of Appeal will decide about the diffuser and this decision will have an enormous impact on the championship.” Kimi Raikkonen
  
• “It’s a rule set at least 14-15 years ago, and that for many years everyone interpreted in the same way. If you look at the Brawn car from underneath, you can see the suspension.” Rory Byrne, Ferrari Design Consultant
  
• “I draw this analogy with rugby, which is that you go out on the field and try and kill each other, then you come back and you have a beer. You have got to be able to separate those two things. And FOTA has got to be able to do that.” Ross Brawn