Brazilian Grand Prix Saturday

Here's Pierre Gasly on making to to Q3 today:

"I knew it would be close, I knew that after yesterday we would be fighting around P10, P12, and which actually happened. Was quite a stressful session, exciting at the same time, I think we put ourself in quite a stressful situation by exiting pretty late in Q1 and Q2. But in the end we managed to make it through, which was the most important thing, and we managed to get the best result we could today."

Pierre Gasly, Scuderia Toro Rosso STR13

Photo by: Andy Hone / LAT Images

Meantime, Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley has been speaking about his tough weekend.

“A lot to do with front lock actually, I've been struggling with that all weekend and it showed itself a bit more in qualifying again. But just connecting the entry and mid-corner balance, but obviously these Formula 1 cars are very complicated."

Back in Interlagos, Kimi Raikkonen has been speaking to the press.

"There was some rain but it was not really affecting anything. Not ideal result but a lot better than it has been so far this weekend so that is a good point. It should be okay for tomorrow.

"[The balance] was okay in qualifying. It was close. Small differences here or there, last lap was pretty gap but then it went away a bit."

Alonso added: "We've lacked a bit of speed to be closer to the front. But we've had the same since July, nothing has changed, both us and all the teams, I mean, so every weekend we see more or less the same.

"To be honest, I don't have expectations when I come to the race. It has been the same since July, so there are no surprises and Abu Dhabi is my last race. We will put a lot of emotion and a lot of effort, but we will be out in Q1, because there's no miracle between one race and another."

Fernando Alonso rues his poor luck with the weather this year with his down-on-power and draggy McLaren – but he's still hopeful for tomorrow...

"I think I haven't had rain all year, but there's a risk of rain tomorrow and if it comes tomorrow in theory we will be more competitive because in the dry we haven't had the speed to be closer to the front this weekend, so we'll see tomorrow."

Bernie Ecclestone is a Lewis Hamilton fan. He told Sky Sports F1: “As far as I’m concerned he’s quite amazing how he carries on his life. Hops around the world, from place to place, then comes back and wins the race. Super.”