CART: Brake problems slow Andretti in opening practice at Cleveland
Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
June 30, 2001Michael Andretti, No. 39 Motorola/Honda-Reynard
"I don't think today was the best indication of the type of car we have for the weekend. We've had brake problems for the majority of the day so we weren't able to get the best out of the car. I think the car is easily a top ten car if we can get this pr oblem fixed. The car's not bad, just under braking I'm having serious problems. "
Tony Cotman, Team Manager
"The car was a little inconsistent early on but once we worked through it we had a pretty good car on old tires. We put a new set of tires on and expected to get more out of the car than we did. It's difficult to tell where we are because we have a probl em with the brakes and we don't really know where that problem is yet. We decided to go back early and figure that out rather than spin off all over the place. All in all, we've got a pretty good car and we should be better off than we are right now."
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