Chinese Grand Prix – Practice, Friday – 05.10.07
Weather: Dry, sunny and cloudy, 28-31°C Air, 38-46°C
Track Shanghai (CHN).
The BMW Sauber F1 Team had a disappointing Friday at the
start of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend. Robert Kubica was
sixth and 14th and was unhappy with the set-up of his car.
Nick Heidfeld, who was tenth and 15th, only did 29 laps in
the two 90 minute sessions on the Shanghai International Circuit.
In his F1.07 the gearbox had to be changed twice.
Robert Kubica: BMW Sauber F1.07-03/BMW P86/7
1st Practice: 6th, 1.38.055 min/2nd Practice: 14th, 1.38.379
min “My day was slightly better than Nick’s as
I had fewer problems. However, we have to work very hard on
the set up and the balance of the car as we are a bit disappointed
about how the car behaves. At least in the second session
I had a good top speed, which we were missing in the first
practice.”
Nick Heidfeld: BMW Sauber F1.07-08/BMW P86/7
(T-car F1.07.04) 1st Practice: 10th, 1.38.445 min/2nd Practice:
15th, 1.38.388 min “Of course I’m disappointed
because I was not able to do a lot of driving today. In both
the sessions I had an hydraulic leak which meant a gearbox
change. The mechanics did a great job, but the track conditions
were also changing and, therefore, making any sensible comparisons
impossible.”
Willy Rampf (Technical Director): “Today
we concentrated on the race set-up. But we had to do our programme
with only one car because Nick’s gearbox had to be changed
twice due to hydraulic problems. Because of this the mechanics
had a lot of work to do, and in both sessions they had a race
against the clock to get the car out again. Now we have to
check the data and to get the best set-up possible because
we have not been able to achieve this yet.”
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