Montoya happy with third

For Juan Pablo even though his car had a good balance it was not fast enough on the Friday, so the team made major changes to the car. When interviewed on Saturday Juan Pablo explained what happened.

He said: "I think yesterday was a good day. The car was starting to get better. We had a really good balance, but it wasn’t quick enough and even though the car felt good today, the situation was the same - good balance but it was just about to be quick. We did some changes, some pretty radical changes, on the car and it made a hell of a difference.

The car has got so much quicker since then. I think we’ve got a good strategy for the race and in the long runs we look very competitive compared to Ferrari and McLaren so it should be an interesting race tomorrow."

As for qualifying itself Juan Pablo was happy with his third fastest time, even though he would lose time in the first sector. Like many other drivers he would also make a small mistake which would cost him time.

Juan Pablo explained: "I lost over a tenth there (taking of the first corner) from my sector in the warm-up because I went in the warm-up and I had a bit of a moment, even though it was quicker it was too far on the limit. I thought everybody’s making mistakes there and I knew I had to do a decent first sector without compromising the lap and that’s what I did - and looking compared to Michael and Kimi that’s where I lost all the time. Even with that, I’m P3 and I’m pretty happy about that."

As for his chances in the race Juan Pablo said: "I think it is very good. Like I said, I think we have a very good race car and we will see how good it is."