2007 British Grand Prix Qualifying Report
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/03):
FP3: 22nd 1:22.180 (24 laps)
Q1: 20th 1:22.019 (8 laps)
Christijan Albers (car 21, F8-VII/04):
FP3: 21st 1:22.101 (23 laps)
Q1: 22nd 1:22.589 (6 laps)
Weather: FP3: Highs of 17 C ambient, 24 C track / Q: Highs
of 22 C ambient, 33 C track.
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team will start tomorrow's
British Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers
in 20th and 22nd positions respectively.
Adrian used the earlier free practice session to fine-tune
his set-up for Qualifying, in which he completed three runs
on the softer Bridgestone Potenza tyre option. The 24-year-old
German finished the session one second from the top ten, outqualifying
the Super Aguri of Takuma Sato by just 0.03secs to move off
the back row of the grid. Christijan had a productive morning
session, however was frustrated not to better this time in
the afternoon's Qualifying.
The 60-lap British Grand Prix will start tomorrow at 13:00hrs
local time.
Adrian Sutil (car 20)
'We had a good Qualifying. I had to go straight out when the
session started as we did three stints; the first run was
OK, but the track was not perfect as the surface was quite
dirty. The second run was actually very good as the tyres
were really grippy and I did a very quick lap, but I had a
bit less grip for the third run and I lost a little bit of
time everywhere. On this run there was also a yellow flag
in the last sector so I came straight into the pits to save
the tyres for the race, but I was already really happy with
my lap in the second run and feel confident for tomorrow.'
Christijan Albers (car 21)
'I was quite disappointed as we started the day really well
and I think we could have done a much better time than this.
Between the morning to the afternoon session we had some more
understeer and I just lost a lot of time, particularly through
turn 10. We also had some problems with traffic and then we
struggled with warming up new tyres. It's really a shame as
I think Jody my engineer and the boys are doing a good job,
but we know that we are stronger in the race than in Qualifying.
Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer
'A reasonable Qualifying, with our positions pretty much what
we expected. Adrian did a good lap to qualify in front of
one of the Super Aguris and we now have to look to get a consistent
race with two cars to the finish.'
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