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2008 Monaco GP, practice: Force India quotes 

Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: “A reasonably good day, although both drivers had problems on their last runs on new tyres in the last session this afternoon. Giancarlo had a hydraulic problem that meant he couldn’t run at the end and Adrian was on a much quicker lap but unfortunately just clipped the barrier at the last corner. These things can happen though, especially in Monaco. We did however get through a large amount of running and worked through the tyre programme. Overall the cars look quite competitive here so I am sure there is more to come over the weekend.”

Adrian Sutil: “It was interesting free practice. Obviously the track is a street circuit so you take some time to get used to it and also for the track to get some rubber back on it. In general it was okay, but we have a few problems with the understeer on the car again and the same procedure with the tyres as in all the previous events – it is very difficult to get the tyres to work well. The long runs are quite quick and I am quite happy about it but over the shorter runs we have to work with the tyres a bit more. I think though with a bit of work we can be quite competitive over the weekend.”

Giancarlo Fisichella: “I was quite happy with today and am looking forward to qualifying on Saturday. Apart from a small problem in the last session that stopped me from doing my new tyre run, I was quite happy with the set up and the balance. We’re working well around the track but we will have to see what happens over the weekend as the weather could change and the track conditions too.”

source: Force India