Marussia Virgin had a reasonably good race. They ended yesterday in front of both HRTs but finished behind the Team Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen. After the race team principal John Booth was satisfied with the result: "This is a great way to end Timo's home race weekend. After announcing a new long-term contract with him this morning, the day ended in a positive way as we achieved another double finish. We knew that the Option tyres would work better, which is why we completed most of the race with them and waited until the very end to use the Primes. Jerome struggled at the start of the race but after the first pit-stop found his way when the fuel load lightened and came back at Ricciardo, overtaking him in the second stint."

Although they encountered some small problems he says he hopes to have another good weekend in Hungary: "We had a small issue with Timo's braking system towards the end of the race and this slowed his pace. Overall, a pleasing result with the team working well under pressure. We now complete a quick turnaround and travel over to Hungary for what we hope will be another good weekend."