Scott Speed(STR2-04)
“Our pace was similar to what we had in Magny-Cours. When it comes time for everyone to gofor a qualifying lap, me and Tonio have a bit less in hand. Maybe it’s because we push oneanother in practice, so we are getting the most out of the car then, without keeping anything inreserve for qualifying. Fifteen and sixteen is not bad, but we need to find a couple more tenthsto really be fighting in the middle of the pack. ”
Third Practice Session, Best lap 1.21.039, pos. 13th, 19 laps
Qualifying Session, 1.20.515, pos. 15th
Tonio Liuzzi(STR2-03)
“At the end, the gearbox would not accept any downshifts and we will have to find out why. Atthe start of the week, I did not expect to be in Q2, but we did a lot of work yesterday night andthis morning it was clear the car was improved with a big step forward in terms of balance. Wewere still struggling a bit with understeer in qualifying though, which cost me time in Turn 5. Ialso had some traffic in my second run in Q2 and then the gearbox problem. ”
Third Practice Session, Best lap 1.20.876, pos. 7th, 21 laps
Qualifying Session, 1.20.823, pos. 16th
Giorgio Ascanelli: “I thought it would be difficult to get into Q2 and fifteenth and sixteenth isabout what I hoped we could achieve. Scott did a great job this afternoon and he was on it. As Isaid before, the pack is very close in terms of lap times and we have to be happy with thisperformance. Unfortunately, we had a gearbox problem with Tonio, which at the moment Iassume is different from anything we have seen so far. Therefore we will have to analyse it nowand I am sure it will be fixed for tomorrow. ”
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