More Qualifying Woes For Ferrari
By DCX
May 28 2005
Despite an improved showing in the free practice sessions, Ferrari was quite off the pace during qualifying for the European Grand Rrix. Rubens Barrichello claimed a decent 7th place result, while Michael Schumacher could do no better than 10th.
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More Qualifying Woes For Ferrari |
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Schumacher Q: 10th - 1'31.585 Michael Schumacher was quite strong during the practice sessions for the European Grand Prix, but in qualifying he was far too slow. Schumacher didn't seem extremely dissapointed though, as he was happy for his country man Nick Heidfeld who took the pole. Schumacher also believes that race day will be far better for the Italian team. Here is what the 7-Time World Champion had to say about his qualifying run In Germany: “I want to congratulate Nick on his first F1 pole. It was a super lap and he deserves it. On my qualifying lap, I had a bit of understeer, especially in Turn 10 and lost some tenths there. As usual so far this season, I am looking forward to the race when we should be more competitive than today. It is hard for me to predict what we can expect tomorrow, because there have been times over this weekend when things did not look too promising. But the same can be said of Monaco and we had great race pace there, so I just plan to push hard and see what happens, trying to pick up as many points as possible.” Rubens Barrichello Q:10th - 1'31.249 Rubens Barrichello was able to out qualify his team-mate, but still wasn't fast enough to claim a very good time. The Bridgestone tyres just aren't good enough over a single lap for either driver to have a competitive time. Here is what the Brazilian had to say after his session: “This morning, I did not feel we were very competitive, but my qualifying lap was quite good, even if it could have been a bit better. But at least the balance of the car seems good. We definitely look better than last weekend, so now we must wait and see how our strategy plays out tomorrow afternoon.” Ross Brawn Technical Director Ferrari's Technical Director Ross Brawn, was upset that the Bridgestone tyres are letting Ferrari down in qualifying, but was optimistic about the team's chances in the race.: "We were not in a strong position to challenge for qualifying, but I think we have a good race set-up and we have a nicely consistent tyre for tomorrow. This will be an important factor as the forecast is for very high temperatures. In this afternoon’s hotter conditions, the car did not react quite as well as in the morning, but within the scope of changes we are allowed to make for the race, we can compensate for that for tomorrow. Unlike Monaco, there is potential to get something out of a good race strategy and of course it is possible to overtake at this track. So, I am optimistic that we can do something good in the race. We have to hope that both drivers make good starts and then as things settle down, wait and see if the race comes to us.” |
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