Marussia Virgin Racing finished qualifying as 20th and 22nd. A place they usually end up. Timo Glock, who took P20 said after qualifying that he was happy with this result: "I'm quite happy with where we are today - I'm P20, I got Trulli and it was a pretty good lap. The car didn't feel great in the dry this morning, so we made some changes, but it still wasn't quite there. I gave it everything for that one lap though and did quite well."

He explains that he likes the changing weather conditions: "We're never quite sure what Silverstone will bring in terms of the changing weather, so I like this kind of qualifying where you just have to hammer down for a lap to get a banker in early and sure enough the rain came. With a new set of tyres you have this one magic moment to make it all come good and I just made the best of it at the right time. There was a small mistake on my part but I got ahead of my immediate competitors so I have to be pleased. I'm very excited for our home race tomorrow."

His teammate Jerome d'Ambrosio is also optimistic for tomorrow's race: "This morning went really well, I had a good feeling with the car. This afternoon was fine too but unfortunately with the weather changing I was unable to get a second run, which was unfortunate as I made a mistake on the fastest lap of my first run. But I think in general it's not so bad and it should be a good race tomorrow."

Last year Glock finished 18th. His teammate back then, Lucas di Grassi, retired with hydraulic problems.