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German Grand Prix - Race Round-Up |
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
Today's Weather: Sunny, air temperature 22-23°C, track temperature 28-34°C
Constructors' Championship Points: 25 (4th)
Drivers' Championship Points: Jarno Trulli 20 (7th); Timo Glock 5 (16th)
Jarno Trulli (Car 11, Chassis TF108-05)
Summary:
Ran strongly in top six on option tyres for first two stints but switch
to primes saw him slip out of the points late on.
Race Classification: 9th (+37.199s)
Qualifying Classification: 4th Lap Time: 1m 16.191s (+0.525s in Q3) Grid: 4th
"That
was a disappointing race for me because we had high hopes of scoring
points today. Everything was looking good early in the race but after
our second stop, when we switched our strategy because of the safety
car, it became really difficult. I was having problems with the
balance. I struggled a lot and in the last 10 laps it was really tough.
But I was in eighth place and fighting really hard to get a point. I
was holding off Vettel but unfortunately I locked up the front and
couldn't recover so I lost the position. After that I
lost more pace and wasn't able to push as hard as I wanted."
Timo Glock (Car 12, Chassis TF108-02)
Summary: Long first stint lifted him into points but heavy accident on lap 36 ended his race.
Race Classification: DNF
Qualifying Classification: 11th Lap Time: 1m 15.508 (+0.905s in Q2) Grid: 11th
Team
statement: "Timo is fine and there are no physical signs of injury. He
has been taken to a hospital for further precautionary checks. Further
updates will be given as soon as they are available."
Tadashi Yamashina - Team Principal
"For
us the priority is that Timo is okay. At the moment it is too early to
determine exactly what the cause of the incident was but of course we
are investigating. He was doing a strong race and was looking set for
another points finish so it was a real pity. Timo's accident brought
out the safety car and that was a key point for Jarno, because he
pitted and changed to prime tyres. He was not happy with the balance of
the car after that and his pace suffered. Here as well we have to
analyse more the reasons for this because, after the outstanding pace
we showed earlier in the weekend, this was unexpected. It has been a
difficult day but
we must look forward and fight to have both cars in the points at the
next race."
What's Next?
A
four-day test at Jerez starts on Tuesday while the next race comes in
two week's time, with the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring near
Budapest.
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