2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
MONTREAL - QUALIFYING
The Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson
Button will start tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix from the
7th and 8th rows of the grid after ending today's qualifying
session in 13th and 15th positions respectively. Both drivers
made it through Q1 but struggled during Q2, Jenson experiencing
low grip whilst Rubens' quick lap was compromised when he
ran wide onto the marbles.
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"It was a good qualifying session today and I like the
balance of the car. Unfortunately I lost some time into the
hairpin when I ran a little wide on the marbles and with that
I lost the chance to go into the top ten. I'm still feeling
positive for the race tomorrow however as the car has a good
balance and seems to be working better on the old tyres than
the new."
JENSON BUTTON
"We really struggled with the grip levels in Qualifying
this afternoon. The car just didn't feel like it did during
practice this morning and had very low grip all round the
circuit. I've qualified well here over the past few years
but unfortunately not today. It's very disappointing for myself
and the whole team, but we have to look at the data now and
try to make the best of our package for the race tomorrow."
JACKY EECKELAERT
Engineering Director
"We expected to qualify higher up the grid but neither
of the drivers got a clean lap at the end of Q2. We have also
suffered with tyre warm-up problems and therefore a general
lack of grip. With race fuel loads tomorrow this problem will
disappear. We have a good race pace and with the right strategy
we should be able to make up a number of places."
QUALIFYING STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis No. Free Practice Qualifying 1 Qualifying
2 Qualifying 3
Jenson Button 7 RA107-04 P12 P15 01:17.522 P15 01:17.541 Did
not qualify
Rubens Barrichello 8 RA107-02 P8 P7 01:17.011 P13 01:17.116
Did not qualify
Weather Hot and sunny
Temperatures Air: 24-26°C Track: 37-51°C
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