”We aren’t quite there but there’s nothing in it on the times. I’m pretty confident that the car will be where it needs to be in the races tomorrow. ”
Tander, too, noted that her car wasn’t exactly where it needed to be.
”I’m not unhappy about starting on the first row in race one, because it’s the racing line where the rubber is, ” she explained.
”There is nothing wrong with the car. We’re less than two tenths off the pace but we had the car we had and I couldn’t quite get the most out of it. ”
Italian Marco Mapelli was twice fourth today, continuing his recent run of good form that was clear for the world to see at the recent Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Mapelli headed his Team BRM team-mate Stuart Kostera in qualifying one and team Opes Prime driver James Winslow in qualifying two.
Winslow continued to climb close to the front of the field this weekend after a troubled start to the season and will look to utilise some of his Asian Formula 3 Championship-winning race craft to work his way into a solid finish this weekend.
”It’s frustrating, to be where we are, ” said Winslow.
“It’s so painful because we really don’t know where the time is missing. We found two seconds in the second session today and made some progress so it’s looking better for tomorrow. We need a trouble free weekend to score some points. ”
In the Kumho Tyres National Class Chris Barry added two points to his commanding championship lead by virtue of his two pole positions today – the Data #3 driver continually improving in his Dallara F301.
Lauren Gray was second each time out in the National Class and will look to place pressure on Barry tomorrow.
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