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Sebastien Buemi (STR6-04)
FP3: Best lap 1.33.948, pos. 17th, 21 laps
Qualifying Best lap
(Q1) 1.33.635
(Q2) 1.33.546
Pos. 16th
“Given how little track time I had yesterday, in general I am pleased with my performance this afternoon. I had the feeling I got the maximum out of the car, which we had decided to run in rain set-up to be ready for a wet race tomorrow. Jaime has decided to stay with a dry set-up so now we must wait and see which one of us has made the right choice.”
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Jaime Alguersuari (STR6-01)
FP3: Best lap 1.34.125, pos. 18th, 19 laps
Qualifying Best lap
(Q1) 1.33.658
(Q2) 1.33.698
Pos. 17th
“This is where we are at the moment in qualifying. Maybe if it rains tomorrow, then it will prove to have been a good idea to have used the extra set of tyres this afternoon. Perhaps I could have gone one or two tenths quicker, but no more than that. Nevertheless, I am pleased that we managed to make a step forward on the car after this morning’s session, improving it for qualifying and I believe I have a good set-up for the race too.”
Giorgio Ascanelli:
“We have ended up in the positions that generally reflect our current level, even allowing for the fact that neither driver got a perfect lap on their last run. Currently, we now seem to be closer to Sauber than to Force India that has made a step forward and Williams is also going better. This is not a circuit where I expect a big difference in pace between qualifying and the race for us, because it is a high downforce track and the low temperature means that it is less critical to save your tyres, which is something we seem to have been doing a bit better than others up until now. Therefore I don’t expect a big change in pace tomorrow. Clearly, looking at the cars it is obvious that Seb has gone for a wet set-up, assuming it could rain tomorrow, while Jaime has stayed with the dry. There’s not much difference between the two and in fact, this afternoon, Jaime’s mistake at Turn 2 was more influential on their respective lap times.”
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Sebastien Buemi will now start the German Grand Prix from 24th place on the grid, after he qualified in 16th place. At the end of today’s qualifying session a fuel sample taken from his car was found not to conform to the FIA 2011 Technical Regulations, being in breach of Article 19.8.3.
The reasons for this are as follows.
During Friday’s FP1, Buemi’s car had a fuel pressure problem, which then got worse at the start of FP2 which is why he did not do a timed lap in that session. After FP2 the entire fuel system on his car was changed. When the fuel sample was taken from his car after qualifying, it did not match the one provided to the FIA prior to the start of the season. The team believes that some part of the new fuel system contained a chemical that contaminated the fuel and caused the non-conformity.
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