2006 SPANISH GRAND PRIX
BARCELONA - QUALIFYING
The Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello cemented a
good start to his Spanish Grand Prix challenge today, posting
the 5th fastest time of this afternoon's qualifying session.
He will line up on the 3rd row of the grid for the start of
tomorrow's 66 lap race at the Circuit de Catalunya. On the
opposite side of the garage, a promising start to the qualifying
session turned to disappointment for Jenson Button as he picked
up a lot of unexpected understeer on his final run and was
unable to improve on the 8th fastest time.
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"Obviously I'm very happy with my qualifying position.
I think I extracted the maximum out of the car today. It is
quite difficult to beat the other two teams at the moment
so we just have to concentrate on what we have now and make
the best of every opportunity during the race. I'm quite happy
with what we have achieved today and I'm looking forward to
tomorrow."
JENSON BUTTON
"I'm extremely disappointed to qualify in 8th position.
The car balance was fine until I asked for a little more front
wing. Normally you would expect to get a better front end
on the car but I had massive understeer, far more than we
would have expected. We'll have to look at the data to see
what the problem is and hopefully address it in time for tomorrow."
GIL DE FERRAN
Sporting Director
"We have mixed emotions regarding today's qualifying
session. It all went smoothly for Rubens, who had a great
run to put the car in 5th position on the grid. Jenson on
the other hand was going similarly well, but unexpectedly
he picked up a lot of understeer on his last run on new tyres
and this is something we need to investigate. As always there
are a lot of unknowns in terms of strategy so we will see
what tomorrow brings."
SHUHEI NAKAMOTO
Management Board Member - Honda Racing F1 Team, Engineering
Director - Honda Racing Development
"We were aiming for slightly better starting grid positions
overall, but this gives us the chance to fight for points
tomorrow. We know we have to keep working hard to improve
and give our drivers an even stronger package. No issues to
report with either engine."
QUALIFYING STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis Free Practice 3 Qualifying 1 Qualifying
2 Qualifying 3
Rubens Barrichello 11 RA106-01 P6 P9 P8 P5 01:15.885
Jenson Button 12 RA106-04 P11 P4 P5 P8 01:16.008
T-Car - RA106-03
Weather Warm and sunny
Qualifying Temperatures Air: 25-28°C Track: 41-44°C
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