to NEWS

PORTUGESE GP- ESTORIL

RACE DAY ­ SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER

HARRIS ­ WCM

David de Gea - 22nd

" It's very good to finish the race on the new 4 stroke, good for me and for the team. It's given us a chance to see how the engine is working and how the tyres perform. There is still some more horsepower to come from the WCM engine and I am told that we will have this for Brazil.

Today, I had some problem early on in the race with the braking, but I am happy to have finished and to be able to give my team some valuable feedback."

Chris Burns ­ DNS crashed during warm­up lap

" I am sure my year has to turn around soon and it can't come quick enough, it is such a shame what has happened with my bike this weekend. I crashed in warm-up today, the mechanics seem to think that the head gasket blew and I just lost rear grip totally. The bike ran on its side for about 2 minutes and we elected not to run it until the mechanics could inspect it closely.

We came here knowing it would be tight for parts and spares and I guess I felt the brunt of that today. It's good that David finished the race and for Rio, I know we will at least have one spare engine.

All I can hope for is to finally finish a race this year, maybe that will happen in Rio."

Peter Clifford ­ Team Manager

"Tremendously satisfying weekend overall although after David's great qualifying yesterday, we all hoped for something a little more than a finish today.

Realistic though, that is an achievement in itself and only by finishing the first race, could we learn what we need to improve for Rio.

I'm sure that the next steps forward are quite achievable and we all hope that we can put an end to Chris's frustration at the same time."