German Grand Prix - Qualifying Round-Up
Today's Weather: Sunny, air temperature 24-25°C, track
temperature 29-35°C Best 2008 grid position: 3rd, Jarno
Trulli (Malaysia) Best 2008 race result: 3rd, Jarno Trulli
(France)
Jarno Trulli (Car 11, Chassis TF108-05)
Summary: Comfortably made it through Q1 and Q2 before a brilliant
final lap in the last seconds delivered a second-row start.
PROVISIONAL GRID: 4th
FP3 6th Best Lap Time: 1m 16.133s (+0.512s) Laps: 25
Q1 6th Best Lap Time: 1m 15.560s (+0.639s) Laps: 7
Q2 7th Best Lap Time: 1m 15.122s (+0.519s) Laps: 6
Q3 4th Best Lap Time: 1m 16.191s (+0.525s) Laps: 8
"It was a very good performance so I am really happy.
The car handled very well and we made many small changes through
the session to get closer and closer to the perfect balance.
At the very end of Q3 I put in a very strong lap to give me
fourth position, which was very satisfying. I am particularly
happy for the team because they are working hard at the track
and at the factory so it is a pleasure for me to show such
a good performance. We have a good chance tomorrow now, even
if it will be difficult to battle with Ferrari and McLaren.
We will do our best and we know we are competitive so I am
confident we can have a good result again. Clearly the goal
is to score plenty of points and fight for the best possible
finish."
Timo Glock (Car 12, Chassis TF108-02)
Summary: Easily reached Q2 after setting exactly the same
lap time as Jarno and looked set for top 10 but lost out by
less than 0.03s. PROVISIONAL GRID: 11th
FP3 14th Best Lap Time: 1m 16.636s (+1.015s) Laps: 27
Q17th Best Lap Time: 1m 15.560s (+0.639s) Laps: 10
Q2 11th Best Lap Time: 1m 15.508s (+0.905s) Laps: 7
"Up until the last lap it was not a bad qualifying because
we easily made it through Q1 and we were looking pretty strong
in Q2, with a good chance of getting into the top 10. But
we couldn't improve on the last run when it was really important.
I don't know how many times I have just missed out on Q3 by
the tiniest of margins and it has happened again. It is extremely
disappointing but of course I will fight as hard as possible
in the race and we'll see what is possible."
Pascal Vasselon - Senior General Manager Chassis
"We are very happy with this result, which is in line
with a very good test session we had here last week. We were
busy in preparation for qualifying because the grip conditions
changed massively compared to the test and we had to adjust
our set-ups to reflect this. We were a little bit cautious
before qualifying because of the disappointment we felt at
Silverstone when we were not where we expected despite a very
strong test. This time we got it right and thanks to a great
lap from Jarno we are in a very good shape for tomorrow's
race. Unfortunately Timo missed out on the top 10 when there
was no doubt he had the potential to be there. He just lost
a little time on the second sector of his last lap but at
least he can decide his fuel strategy for tomorrow's race
and that will help, especially if there is a risk of rain."
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