2007 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE
The Honda Racing F1 Team experienced a difficult qualifying
session in Melbourne today as the Formula One teams prepare
for tomorrow's season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Jenson
Button ended the day 14th whilst team-mate Rubens Barrichello
was knocked-out during the first of the three sessions and
will line up 17th for the 58-lap race.
JENSON BUTTON
"It hasn't been a good weekend for us so far. Today it
was difficult to judge how hard to push the tyres. At the
start of the lap I was getting understeer because the tyres
were not up to temperature, then later in the lap I was getting
oversteer as the rears were going off, which just shows the
issues that we have. I got the best out of the car today and
right now we are where we are. We'll obviously do what we
can for the race, then we have some work to do to start addressing
the issues we have identified."
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"I was expecting that we would compete in the second
session today so I'm disappointed by our performance in qualifying.
I had a problem right from the start with the car bottoming
out much more than it has been at any other point over the
weekend. That is something we have to look at for the race
tomorrow. It was very close at the end of the first session
with so many cars fighting to get through but unfortunately
we just couldn't make it this time."
JACKY EECKELAERT
Engineering Director
"We are obviously disappointed with the results from
today's qualifying. The performance of the RA107 car is far
from where we want and expect it to be. The drivers got the
most of the car that they could today. We are working flat
out at the factory to improve the car for the coming races."
QUALIFYING STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis No. Free Practice Qualifying 1 Qualifying
2 Qualifying 3
Jenson Button 7 RA107-04 P17 P15 01:27.540 P14 01:27.264 -
Rubens Barrichello 8 RA107-02 P15 P17 01:27.679 - -
Weather Warm, dry and sunny
Temperatures Air: 21-22°C Track: 27-42°C
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