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BMW Sauber F1 Team - Turkish Grand Prix - Qualifying |
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
Istanbul (TR). For the Turkish Grand Prix both BMW Sauber F1 Team
drivers have again made it into the top ten qualifying session. For
Robert Kubica this was for the 22nd consecutive time, while for Nick
Heidfeld it was the 28th time in a row. In Istanbul Kubica qualified
fifth and Heidfeld ninth – therefore the aim of both of them is to pick
up positions in the race.
Robert Kubica:
BMW Sauber F1.08-03 / BMW P86/8
Qualifying 5th, 1:28.390 min (3rd practice: 16th, 1:27.971 min)
“I am quite happy with my qualifying result and hope for a good
race. We were expecting a little bit more after finishing P2 in the
second qualifying session, but after refuelling the balance of the car
was not good in a few corners and it became difficult to drive. With
the high fuel load we picked up a lot of understeer. We shall now
analyse the data and try to understand why.”
Nick Heidfeld:
BMW Sauber F1.08-05 / BMW P86/8
Qualifying 9th, 1:28.882 min (3rd practice: 19th, 1:28.655 min)
“Of course I’m not happy with P9, but I can also see something
positive in today’s qualifying – it went much better than practice did.
The sun came out and this helped me to heat up the tyres. My very last
lap was actually really good until the final sector when I made a
mistake which cost me about three tenths of a second. I think I can
move up the field in the race.”
Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
“We are not satisfied with the qualifying result. While Robert was
pretty quick in Q2 with low fuel, the third and crucial qualifying
session did not go perfectly for him. Nick was on his last quick lap,
and just as fast as Robert in the first and second sector, but then
lost time in the final sector. I think the tyres have been the deciding
factor today. During qualifying, depending on the fuel loads, we saw
very different tyre performances.”
Willy Rampf (Technical Director):
“Let’s start with the positive things: on this demanding track we
were able to get both our drivers in the top ten of qualifying. But we
really expected more after the good performance in the second part of
qualifying. Robert did not get a perfect lap, and Nick lost about half
a second in the final sector of his fast lap. We expect a difficult
race tomorrow.”
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