Lotus had a good Friday. The Malaysian team was 17th with Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen finished the day 19th. Trulli was happy with how things went today: "I'm pleased in general with today. It's been a positive, trouble free day and we managed to run through a number of options that give us a good direction for tomorrow and the race."

The Italian who had his best Friday of the season was pleased with the improvements made to the car: "We have made an adjustment to the power steering and that's definitely improved things in the cockpit for me but there's more to come from that and the whole car so I think we can go into tomorrow in good shape."

His teammate Heikki Kovalainen had to offer his seat to Karun Chandhok for the first session but was behind the wheel again in the second session. The Finnish driver had some small technical issues: "That was a reasonable session for me - I had a DRS issue that definitely cost me some time but I think the balance was pretty good and we got through some decent setup work so I think we'll be ok tomorrow."

Chandhok who replaced Heikki for the first session was excited with opportunity despite only being able to do 6 laps: "The wet weather meant we limited the morning runplan but despite that it was good to get back out on track. I didn't get a chance to push but I'm enjoying working with the team and the more time I spend with everyone the more I can see how far this team can go."