Williams, Red Bull and Toyota all claimed at least one top-ten finish in Friday's Bahrain practice.
Williams:
Alex Wurz: Today we had a little bit of work to do because we didn't test here over the winter. Nevertheless, I think that we are now just about there with the others. I did a tyre comparison at the end of session two and some set-up work over both and I now have quite a good idea where we'll go for Saturday's qualifying and Sunday's race. So far, then, we're on target."
Nico Rosberg: It wasn't so easy this morning but the track quickly improved so we improved as well. We found some good set-up solutions today. We went in the right direction and we caught up relatively quickly considering we didn't test here. Track conditions seem to be quite different from how they were in the test so, from that point of view, that's good for us. Our long run pace was also ok. We now just need to work on our qualifying performance overnight and during tomorrow morning's practice session."
Red Bull
David Coulthard: Conditions were tricky out there today, due to all the dust and everything that's gone down onto the track since we had the test here. Of course, the test gives you the benefit of having run through quite a few set up changes, but there were a few people going off the track and running wide. For us, it's quite clear where we are with our tyre choice, so let's see what tomorrow brings, it's very tight in the mid-field."
Mark Webber: The first session was difficult for us and we worked hard over the break to improve the car for the second session. We definitely made good progress, the guys worked well and in the second practice the car had better balance. We understand the tyres pretty well here, and overall I'd say we're in about the same shape as we were for the last two races, so we're going along okay."
Toyota:
Jarno Trulli: The fact that we tested here before the season obviously means that all the teams have a lot of recent experience of this circuit. Still, this was a standard Friday for us testing tyres and set-up although the conditions have been difficult. The track is as dusty as usual and when the wind changes direction it can have a major effect on the car's balance. So we have to make adjustments to cope with that and we still need to work a bit on the set-up tonight. Of late this track hasn't been particularly kind to us but now we must push to make the top ten tomorrow and aim for the points again."
Ralf Schumacher: Overall it was a reasonable day for us. We made it through a lot of work without any major problems so I am fairly happy with that. Grip was a struggle, though. The track was slippery in the beginning so that made it a bit difficult. It became better during the day as more rubber was put down and the dust was cleaned off. This wasn't a good race for us last year but we come into this year's grand prix with points from the last two races. Now we must look to build on that here over the weekend."
