2007 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX SPA 15 SEPTEMBER
QUALIFYING
The Honda Racing F1 Team's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello
will line up on the seventh and ninth rows of the grid for
the start of tomorrow's 44-lap Belgian Grand Prix. Both drivers
continued to face balance issues with their RA107s during
today's one hour qualifying session, however Jenson was able
to progress through to Q2 where he ended the session in 14th
position. He gains one place on the grid as a result of Kubica's
engine penalty and will start 13th. Rubens ended the day in
18th place.
JENSON BUTTON
"A reasonably positive Saturday. On the first run in
Q1 I had traffic as I was running too close to the car in
front of me. In Q2 I think I got the best out of the car on
the first run. On the second run I had a little too much understeer
so I just backed off and looked after the tyres for the race.
I'm pretty happy with where I will be lining up on the grid
and I think we can make progress from there. Aerodynamically
this circuit hasn't really suited our car so I'm quite pleased
with how qualifying went for us. I'm looking forward to the
race."
RUBENS BARRICHELLO
"Since the beginning of the weekend we have been struggling
with the aerodynamic balance of the car. We just don't have
enough aerodynamic efficiency here. On my last run I requested
more front wing and the car just gave me more understeer,
so we need to understand the data. Obviously it will be a
battle from 18th position but we will see what the race brings
in order to try to improve."
JACKY EECKELAERT
Engineering Director
"Jenson had a good Q1 and easily made it through into
the second session, where he got the maximum from the car.
Had he had a touch less understeer then perhaps we could have
improved a little but overall it was a good lap and his is
a reasonable position from which to be going into the race
tomorrow. In free practice this morning Rubens struggled a
little to find the right balance. After some set-up changes
he found a better car for his first run in Q1. Q2 was a real
possibility for him but in his second run he also had too
much understeer which compromised his chances."
QUALIFYING STATS
Drivers Car No. Chassis No. Free Practice Q1 Q2 Q3
Jenson Button 7 RA107-04 P12 P14 01:47.474 P14 01:46.955 Did
not qualify
Rubens Barrichello 8 RA107-05 P19 P18 01:47.954 Did not qualify
Did not qualify
Weather Warm and dry
Temperatures Air: 17-18°C Track: 26-31°C
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