“The track looks a lot more prepared this year and a lot of development work seems to have taken place. We have again received a warm welcome from the Indian people,” seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher said at the Mercedes GP hospitality here yesterday.

Williams driver Bruno Senna too was happy with the improvements made to the track. “This is one of my favourite tracks. Experience off the track is a big change and a lot of work seems to have gone into it.”u00a0