MF1 RACING
2006 San Marino GP - Qualifying
MF1 Racing's M16s experienced disappointing technical issues
that prevented both Tiago Monteiro and Christijan Albers from
improving on their practice times from earlier in the morning.
The team will focus on resolving these issues and hope to
give its racers the best possible opportunity to improve upon
their 19th and 20th starting positions.
Tiago Monteiro (POR), #18
Chassis: M16-03
Best Time, Morning Practice: 1:26.476 (18th)
Qualifying Time / Classification: 1:26.820 (19th)
Quote: "It hasn't been an easy weekend
so far, that's for sure. But with the exception of this qualifying
session, we had been improving every time we were out on track,
closing the gap to the others and trying to improve the car.
It's somewhat disappointing, because we solved the tyre issues
we had yesterday and we were looking forward to a breakthrough
today. Still, I remain confident that if we can make a good
start tomorrow, we should have a strong race. The race team
has done a great job all weekend and I hope Christijan and
I can deliver the results they deserve."
Christijan Albers (NED), #19
Chassis: M16-02
Best Time, Morning Practice: 1:25.803 (16th)
Qualifying Time / Classification: 1:27.088 (20th)
Quote: "I'm extremely disappointed with
our qualifying result today, because I know we could have
been so much quicker. It's always frustrating to encounter
technical problems, but unfortunately, that's the way it goes
sometimes. Now, we have to remain focused on what's important,
and that's the race tomorrow. Hopefully, we can fix whatever
the problem is and perform at the level we're capable of."
Colin Kolles, Managing Director: "Unfortunately, Christijan
Albers had some technical issues with the car, because he
showed how quick he was all weekend. We don't know at the
moment what caused this problem, but we hope to solve it before
tomorrow's race."
Dominic Harlow, Chief Race and Test Engineer:
"Qualifying didn't go as well as we'd hoped
today. We might have had a small problem with Christijan's
car, which we're looking into. In the morning and up until
the qualifying session, we were making good progress and we
feel that we have closed the gap to our closest competitors.
I'm looking forward to the race, because I think we'll be
stronger in race conditions."
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