Canadian Grand Prix: Qualifying Round-Up
Jun 07, 2008
BMW Motorsport
Today’s Weather: Hot and sunny, clouding over later. Air 27-28°C, track 40-45°C
Best 2008 grid position: 3rd, Jarno Trulli (Malaysia)
Best 2008 race result: 4th, Jarno Trulli (Malaysia)
Timo Glock (Car 12, Chassis TF108-06)
Summary: Missed out on Q3 by a hundredth of a second PROVISIONAL GRID: 11th
FP3 15th Best Lap Time: 1m 17.557s (+1.002s) Laps: 20
Q1 14th Best Lap Time: 1m 18.321s (+1.412s) Laps: 11
Q2 11th Best Lap Time: 1m 18.031s (+0.997s) Laps: 8
“That was just a really difficult session. It was very hard to find a good balance and I was far from happy. The main problem was as each session went on, the track just started to fall away. That made the second and third runs very difficult and everyone was making mistakes. In the end I just got the lap together for P11 and we were unlucky not to reach the top ten. It would have been good to make it back into Q3 but it just didn’t work out. Now we will have to see what happens in the race. It is usually possible to overtake here but if there are similar track conditions it could cause major problems.”
Jarno Trulli (Car 11, Chassis TF108-05)
Summary: Failed to make Q3 for first time in 2008 PROVISIONAL GRID: 14th
FP3 6th Best Lap Time: 1m 16.946s (+0.391s) Laps: 20
Q1 10th Best Lap Time: 1m 18.039s (+1.130s) Laps: 8
Q2 14th Best Lap Time: 1m 18.327s (+1.293s) Laps: 8
“Qualifying was exceptionally difficult today because the track conditions were a disaster. The surface was breaking up and getting worse with every lap. I don’t know what was going on but I did my best lap at the beginning and then I couldn’t repeat it any more. I spun on my quickest lap at the start of Q2, otherwise maybe I could have been in the top ten. But after that the track just got worse. Today was all about getting a clear, lucky lap. I don’t know how the race will go but the track surface is a huge concern.”
Pascal Vasselon - Senior General Manager Chassis
“This is the first time that we don’t have one of our cars in the top ten so it was obviously our worst qualifying of the season so far. The grip level was already low, which is typical for Montreal, but it seems that it went one step worse during qualifying because of the high track temperatures. The asphalt was breaking up, making our situation complex. Still, the conditions were the same for everyone so we got something wrong and we have to investigate. The tyres were closely matched yesterday but today’s higher temperatures changed the relative ranking of the two compounds, meaning different teams chose very different combinations. We now have a lot to analyse in preparation for tomorrow.”
