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2009 Belgian GP, practice: Force India quotes 

Dominic Harlow: “It wouldn’t have been Spa without the wet session, and that meant our afternoon practice was slightly condensed in order to try and fit in all the work we had planned. Obviously here we need to evaluate wing levels and the effect that this has on speed and set-up, and also the Bridgestone medium and soft tyres that are available. The drivers reported some understeer, and there is still a bit of work to do on setup. It looks close again, and we will have to work hard to maintain our level of competitiveness from Valencia.”

Adrian Sutil: “It’s great to be back at Spa this weekend. I really enjoy driving here, even in the wet. I’m quite happy with today. We had a lot of work to get through in the afternoon and trying to get the balance and the tyres to work took some time. We had quite a lot of understeer but when we understood it I felt much more comfortable in the car and with our pace. Unfortunately I got traffic on my last lap so the time isn’t a true reflection of what we could do but I’m confident for tomorrow and maintaining our recent performance.”

Giancarlo Fisichella: “We had a lot of understeer at the beginning of the afternoon but we improved the balance of the car and made a good step forward for the last run of the day. My last lap was good and I’m happy I could record a quick time. We still need to work on the amount of understeer we have but apart from that today was not too bad. It’s difficult to say where we will be tomorrow, but top 15 is realistic and of course we will try our best to get in the top 10 but it is going to be very difficult.”

source: Force India