2006 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
INDIANAPOLIS
QUALIFYING
The Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello will start
tomorrow's US Grand Prix from the 2nd row of the grid at the
Brickyard after posting the 4th fastest lap in this afternoon's
qualifying session. His team-mate Jenson Button will line
up on the 4th row in 7th place.
Today's result comes hot on the heels of a positive showing
in all three free practice sessions this weekend, in which
the race drivers were consistently running towards the top
of the timesheets. In preparation for the qualifying hour,
Rubens and Jenson ended this morning's final session 5th and
7th respectively.
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"I'm really happy with my position today. The car is
certainly competitive and I enjoyed the qualifying session.
I would like to thank everybody in the team because we have
all done a good job to get the best possible from the car
today. For sure the race will be tough and we have to keep
pushing hard because we have some tough competition behind
us on the grid. My aim now is to push for a good points finish
and I think we have the car to do that. I'm looking forward
to tomorrow."
JENSON BUTTON
"I'm pleased with the way qualifying went today. The
car was well-balanced and I think I have a good strategy.
The challenge will be getting past the cars directly in front
of me but generally I think we can have a strong race and
points for both of us is certainly a possibility here. It
should be a great race for the fans tomorrow."
GIL DE FERRAN
Sporting Director
"This has been a good day for us. The engine has been
working very well throughout the weekend and the overnight
changes were effective. As a result both drivers were quite
quick this morning. Qualifying was less nail-biting than it
has been lately as Jenson and Rubens sailed through into Q3.
We are happy with their starting positions as well as our
race set-up and strategy and we look forward to tomorrow's
race when we'll put up a good fight."
QUALIFYING STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis Free Practice 3 Qualifying 1 Qualifying
2 Qualifying 3
Rubens Barrichello 11 RA106-01 P5 P6 1:12.156 P4 1:11.263
P4 01:12.109
Jenson Button 12 RA106-05 P7 P7 1:12.238 P8 1:11.865 P7 01:12.523
Weather Hot and sunny
Qualifying Temperatures Air: 33-35°C Track: 52-56°C
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