Monaco Grand Prix: Teams Quotes
May 23, 2008
McLaren
McLaren
Lewis Hamilton, 1m 16.216s, P2/1m 15.140s, P1
Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 16.248s, P3/1m 15.881s, P5
Hamilton said he was quite happy with the progress he and McLaren made on set-up and tyre evaluation, and how much he loves driving every lap here. He spent the morning on the same set of tyres to set second fastest time, then pushed hard for the quickest lap in the afternoon. Kovalainen was well up in the morning and reported a fair bit more to come after the afternoon as he wasn’t happy with the best lap he put together.
Williams
Nico Rosberg, 1m 16.653s, P5/1m 15.533s, P2
Kazuki Nakajima, 1m 18.274s, P15/1m 16.372s, P9
Rosberg came to a track he loves well fired up, and was fifth in the morning and second in the afternoon. He felt Williams had a good baseline set-up and was able to push hard as he felt comfortable straight away. He also believes there is more to come. Nakajima struggled initially but got it together in the afternoon to move into the top 10.
Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen, 1m 15.948s, P1/1m 15.572s, P3
Felipe Massa, 1m 16.292s, P4/1m 15.869s, P4
Raikkonen, who did two tests with the Monaco set-up last week at Paul Ricard, said it was a normal Friday for him, which came as a relief after his problems in Turkey. He missed his good lap on supersoft tyres, ironically after Massa had dislodged a track marker in the Swimming Pool complex, and struggled on new rubber. Massa, who did only one Monaco test (and one for Canada), also failed to do a time on the supersofts and admitted that McLaren were very strong.
BMW Sauber
Robert Kubica, 1m 16.834s, P6/1m 16.296s, P6
Nick Heidfeld, 1m 18.263s, P14/ 1m 16.426s, P11
A mixed day for BMW Sauber, with Kubica sixth in both sessions but Heidfeld troubled by a loss of power in the morning. The Pole was reasonable happy, but the German rued the loss of running time and data. He was encouraged, however, by the driveability of his F1.08.
