2007 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING
Interlagos,
Fernando Alonso, MP4-22 03
Lewis Hamilton, MP4-22 05
T-car, MP4-22 04
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will start
Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, the final
round of the 2007 World Championship, from the front row of
the grid. In an exciting qualifying, Lewis set a time of 1min12.082
and was second fastest, 0.151 second behind pole position.
Fernando Alonso qualified fourth fastest with a time of 1min12.356.
Qualifying Session One: Qualifying Session Two: Qualifying
Session Three:
Lewis: 3 laps, 1.13.033 (4th) 3 laps, 1.12.296 (2nd) 13 laps,
1.12.083 (2nd)
Fernando: 6 laps, 1.12.895 (2nd) 3 laps, 1.12/637 (4th) 13
laps, 1.12.356 (4th)
LEWIS HAMILTON
“A fantastic last run for me which could have seen me
possibly on pole. Overall I am happy with today’s qualifying.
The car is working well, and I feel really comfortable. Obviously
it was a very close and tense session, but the team did a
good job in making sure that we both got that final fuel burning
lap. I am quite confident and relaxed for tomorrow, and I
know what I have to do to win the championship. My focus is
not on winning the race but the title.”
FERNANDO ALONSO
“Obviously I would have liked to be on the
front row, but it was not to be. We made some changes to the
car for qualifying but unfortunately they didn’t work
as well as we thought they would and as a result I was not
totally confident with the car. However as we have seen in
China a lot of things can take place during a long race, so
we will have to wait and see what happens tomorrow.”
RON DENNIS
“Both Fernando and Lewis did a great job in qualifying.
We obviously cut it fine to ensure that both drivers got an
additional fuel burning lap, but it all worked as planned.
Fernando and Lewis had the same advantage, and its now really
in their hands. It was obviously good for the crowd that Massa
got pole, but we are trying to be disciplined and focus on
the race and winning the World Championship with one of our
drivers. The whole team look forward to the race which hopefully
will be exciting for all the fans.”
NORBERT HAUG
“A good basis to start this championship deciding race
from. Lewis starts from the first row for the 12th time this
season and Fernando is just 30 thousandths of a second behind
Kimi on the second row. It will be a tough challenge, and
the entire team is working hard to achieve the last and decisive
step in the World Championship.”
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