2006 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
MONZA - QUALIFYING
The Honda Racing F1 Team's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello
made it through to the final qualifying session in Monza today,
in which they posted the 6th and 9th fastest laps respectively.
They will line up on the 3rd and 5th rows of the grid for
the start of tomorrow's 53 lap Italian Grand Prix.
With both drivers feeling comfortable with the car's long
run pace this bodes well for tomorrow when the team will be
targeting its third consecutive double points finish.
JENSON BUTTON
"I'm really pleased with how qualifying has gone today.
We were a little bit apprehensive because we didn't get to
run any new tyres in free practice this morning and when I
went out in qualifying one there was a red flag, so we still
hadn't run any new tyres by the end of that session. I got
through Q1 and Q2 though and in Q3 the long run pace was very
good, which bodes well for tomorrow. On one lap we still couldn't
get a strong lap out of the car until my last qualy run when
I put it 6th on the grid. I'm happy. I got everything I could
out of the car and the most important thing is that we know
we are competitive for the race, so a similar story to Turkey
really."
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"Qualifying went well today considering that I didn't
do any running on Friday, so a top ten finish with both cars
is pretty good. Our race pace is good and I think we're quite
confident with the strategy, so I'm looking forward to tomorrow."
GIL DE FERRAN
Sporting Director
"Today was a much better day. Both cars ran well this
morning and, as predicted, were handling well despite our
lack of running so far this weekend. In qualifying both drivers
did a great job to comfortably make it through to the last
qualifying round and get the most out of the car in Q3. We
suspect there are a variety of strategies at play for tomorrow
with tyres and fuel. Our car is working well in race trim
and we look forward to a good race."
QUALIFYING STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis Free Prac 3 Qualifying 1 Qualifying
2 Qualifying 3
Rubens Barrichello 11 RA106-01 P8 P10 01:22.640 P8 01:21.688
P9 01:22.787
Jenson Button 12 RA106-05 P12 P14 01:22.512 P7 01:21.572 P6
01:22.011
Weather Hot and sunny
Qualifying Temperatures Air: 27-29°C Track: 41-42°C
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