2007 Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying Report
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/03):
FP3: 18th 1:18.270 (13 laps)
Q1: 21st 1:18.536 (7 laps)
Christijan Albers (car 21, F8-VII/02):
FP3: 22nd 1:18.933 (13 laps)
Q1: 22nd 1:19.196 (7 laps)
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team will start tomorrow's
Canadian Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers
in 21st and 22nd places respectively.
In a mark of the high standard of competition this year,
the duo were just over two seconds from pole position and
under a second from entering Q2. This encouraging performance
followed from the morning's free practice session, with both
just over one second from the top 10.
Both drivers completed two runs on the supersoft Bridgestone
Potenza tyres in the disrupted first Qualifying segment, with
Adrian recording a best time of 1:18.536 and Christijan a
1:19.196 lap.
Tomorrow's 70-lap Canadian Grand Prix will start at 13:00hrs
local time.
Adrian Sutil (car 20)
'Yesterday we went a little bit in the wrong direction on
set-up but today is so much better. I do feel a bit disappointed
though as it's never nice to be second last. We did know that
this would be a difficult race though with the long straights
and the kerbs, but all the field is so close together and
there are only two seconds to pole. We are normally better
over the longer distances and 70 laps is a long race and as
one of my strengths is to do consistent lap times, I hope
we will be good tomorrow.'
Christijan Albers (car 21)
'Yesterday was a really good day, but today we were struggling
quite a lot with the balance and we just had some brake problems
in Qualifying. I found I was locking quite a lot, which meant
I could not put in a good lap time. I hope for more tomorrow.'
Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer
'Although we qualified with both cars on the back row, it's
probably true to say that today has been our most competitive
of the season. In both free practice and Qualifying we were
just two seconds off the pace, which shows just how competitive
Formula 1 is at the moment. But both drivers were quite happy
with the car, although did find less grip in Qualifying this
afternoon. We are quite close to a big group in front and,
as it's usually an incident-packed race, we have to see if
through a decent strategy we can pick up a good result.'
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