It was a day of mixed feelings for the drivers at Team Lotus. Heikki Kovalainen was quite happy with his P16 finish, but Karun Chandhok hoped for a better debut in the Team Lotus car. His twentieth place finish was in fact a career worst. He was happy though to bring the car back in one piece: "That's a full race distance completed and an awful lot of learning under my belt. Honestly, that probably wasn't the race I wanted -I had a couple of high speed spins and I think I need more time to get used to the tyres. When they start to go off there's very little give compared to last year's rubber, but that's all part of the learning process and I'm glad I got the car home and did the best job I could."

Heikki Kovalainen was a lot more positive about his race: "I think that was a pretty good race. For me everything was working well in the car but honestly it was a bit lonely out there! We're not quite with the guys ahead, and we're well clear of the teams behind, so I wanted to make sure I could push as hard as possible over the full race distance, not make any mistakes and get the car home in one piece. We are progressing in the right direction, and it will take time to be able to really fight with the guys in front, but we'll get there."