Caterham Racing made its Singapore debut in GP2's inaugural series race in the Republic's capital city. Practice began at 16:45hrs allowing the drivers to acclimatise to the new track and surroundings before a highly humid qualifying session began under the lights.

For Caterham Racing's Giedo van der Garde, however, it was a case of new surroundings, same old luck, as he endured another torrid bout of misfortune on track, after once again putting himself in a promising position early in the session. After eight laps van der Garde was in P4 before pitting to refuel and change tyres in preparation for his final push for pole. The Dutchman then left the pits and was in the middle of clocking his fastest lap by some distance when the session was red flagged due to an Ocean Racing Technology car slamming into the barriers. With only two minutes remaining on the clock, the session was not restarted and van Der Garde found himself somewhat unfortunate to be starting Race 1 in P14.

Things were no better for Caterham Racing teammate Rodolfo Gonzalez, who, after a strong run in practice, found himself caught up in qualifying traffic before also seeing his final push for a grid position cut short by the red flag that ended the session. He started the race in P23.

Giedo van der Garde (P14 / Best lap 2:00.906) "I was up to speed quickly again here in Singapore. The track is very good to drive on but unfortunately we didn't quite have the right car for it. The track is very bumpy, and the car was jumping around a lot which made it difficult to handle at times, but we were so unlucky with the red flag. I was 0.8 seconds up on my fastest lap time when the session was ended. if I had been allowed to finish we would have started top eight for certain. Obviously I am very disappointed as this is my worst qualifying position of the year, but all is not lost. We have six places to make up if we want to finish top eight tomorrow, it will be tough but not impossible. I will give it my best shot and see what we can do."

Rodolfo Gonzalez (P23 / Best lap 2:02.260) "I think the setup we initially chose was too stiff for this bumpy track. We changed it for the second part of qualifying but I was then held up in traffic and wasn't able to push on. When I finally had clear air the car felt good and I think we would have improved our lap time but then the session was red flagged. We were unlucky but I hope I can have another good start and salvage something in race one."

Caterham Racing Team Manager Phill Spencer "Both our drivers had a bit of bad luck in qualifying. When the session was stopped Giedo was on his fastest lap with one more to go and he would definitely have improved his time. As it is he started P14 with some work to do to catch up to the leaders. Rodolfo had a really good run in practice but his qualifying also did not go to plan. We will have to look at all the data and see if we can improve the cars for race one so that we can race better than we qualified. I am however very grateful to both drivers. They did a fantastic job out there to keep the cars out of trouble and bring them back in one piece."      

Caterham Racing Chief Engineer Humphrey Corbett "Unfortunately red flags ruined our runs in qualifying, which of course is disappointing for the whole team. Giedo wasn't completely happy with the car, complaining it was very bumpy, especially over the kerbs. We will have to look at this issue before the race and see if there is something we can improve on. Starting from P14 will be risky in itself, there will be a lot of fighting for position at the start and it's not the easiest track to overtake on, but all being well he can have a clean start and work his way up to finish in the top eight. During the break between sessions the team made a good change to the anti-roll bar on Rodolfo's car. This greatly improved his balance and the way the car rides the kerbs. However, he did not have the chance to improve his lap time before the session was stopped so starts P23 in race one. He is disappointed but it seems the people who did their best times earlier in qualifying were rewarded so good luck to them.  It will be a tough race for us but as always we will push hard for both drivers to record good result at the chequered flag."