2006 TURKISH GRAND PRIX
ISTANBUL PARK - QUALIFYING
Jenson Button will lead the Honda Racing F1 Team's Turkish
Grand Prix challenge tomorrow, lining up on the third row
of the grid after ending today's qualifying session in sixth
place.
Team-mate Rubens Barrichello will start from 14th after struggling
to find a good balance with his RA106 race car this afternoon.
This afternoon's qualifying result comes on the back of a
positive start to the weekend for the team, with a strong
performance in all three practice sessions and on long runs
in particular, indicating that both cars should benefit from
a stronger race pace.
JENSON BUTTON
"I was obviously hoping for something more from qualifying
today, although we have been struggling a little bit in the
last sector here - on the long straight and the three very
slow corners at the end. That's where we have been losing
out to Alonso. On the positive side we have been looking good
on the long runs, as we demonstrated on Friday and this morning.
So it's looking like we could be better off in the race, in
which case P6 on the grid isn't so bad."
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"Unfortunately I didn't have a good balance with the
car for the whole qualifying session today. It was quite strange
because the car felt much better this morning throughout practice,
so we have to look at that and see what has happened. So that
was my qualifying today but we know that the car has a good
race pace, plus we can choose our fuel level from here, so
I am hopeful that we can have a decent race tomorrow and I
can fight my way through the field."
GIL DE FERRAN
Sporting Director
"We certainly would have preferred to be a bit further
up. In the case of Rubens we just couldn't get the balance
to his liking on new tyres. Jenson did a great job in Q2,
but we haven't been particularly fast in the last sector all
weekend and unfortunately that cost Jenson a few places on
the grid. However, both cars have been very competitive and
consistent on long runs and used tyres, which bodes well for
the race."
QUALIFYING STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis Free Practice 3 Qualifying 1 Qualifying
2 Qualifying 3
Rubens Barrichello 11 RA106-01 P8 P13 1:28.411 P14 1:28.257
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Jenson Button 12 RA106-05 P6 P8 1:28.222 P2 1:26.872 P6 1:27.790
Weather Hot and sunny
Qualifying Temperatures Air: 32-34°C Track: 45-53°C
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