2007 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX
BUDAPEST - QUALIFYING
The Honda Racing F1 Team had a tough qualifying session in
Budapest today which saw drivers Jenson Button and Rubens
Barrichello qualifying in 17th and 18th positions for tomorrow's
70-lap Hungarian Grand Prix. Their RA107 cars lacked pace
and this narrowly prevented both drivers from progressing
into the second qualifying session.
JENSON BUTTON
"The car felt reasonably good today which shows that
the balance is there so we didn't expect to be in this position.
It's strange to have a car which is feeling so consistent
and to still not make it out of the first qualifying session.
It seems to be a lack of efficient downforce which is affecting
our pace. I also lost two-tenths at the first corner compared
to this morning which is a massive amount of time when everyone
around you is competing so closely. It's very disappointing
for both myself and the whole team."
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"After practice this morning, it wasn't clear which tyre
would perform better in qualifying this afternoon. Therefore
we used both the prime and option tyre and they felt completely
different on each of my runs. Unfortunately the car is nowhere
near where we want it to be at the moment and our positions
in qualifying today reflect the lack of pace. It will be a
hard race for us tomorrow."
JACKY EECKELAERT
Engineering Director
"After some set-up changes in morning practice, both
drivers had a reasonably balanced car for qualifying. They
extracted the maximum possible performance from their cars
today and ended up within a tenth of a second from each other,
missing out on going through to the second session by a very
small margin."
QUALIFYING STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis No. FP3 Q1 Q2 Q3
Jenson Button 7 RA107-04 P18 P17 01:21.737 DNQ DNQ
Rubens Barrichello 8 RA107-05 P20 P18 01:21.877 DNQ DNQ
Weather Warm & cloudy
Temperatures Air: 25-27°C Track: 30-41°C
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