I was confident I would be in the front two rows. But then in the qualifying session the car was just fantastic.

If we start as (well as) usual we can do well already in the first corner. I'm confident of that - if we get a good start then I think we can be very strong tomorrow afternoon.

Today is my birthday and the crew surprised me with a cake. But this was not the best present I got from the team. That was the new car, which felt good on the track. I did a few runs in the afternoon and everything went well.

The racecar was really good. It was all weekend. I was probably too confident in the car in qualifying. The good thing was it was just cosmetic; we were able to work on it. I was really proud of the guys and the effort they put forth,

It was top-five the whole session, ... We picked the speed up in qualifying so I feel real confident.  It's a brand new car so I'm ready to see what we can do.  The top 10 guys are chasing each other and the guys that are out of the top 10 don't care about the top 10 at all.  There are a lot of different styles of racing out there. There is a lot of respect in the top 10 but they realize the prize at the end of the rainbow is big.

I am a little bit disappointed but I did my best and it was a good day for us because we took over the lead on the constructors championship,