#66 Zanardi Mid-Ohio Saturday Qualifying Notes/Quotes

Alex Zanardi
#66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
Miller Lite 200 - Practice Notes/Quotes - Friday, Aug. 10, 2001
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course - Lexington, Ohio - 2.258-mile Road Course
Round 13 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series

Alex Zanardi, in the #66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard, will
start Sunday's Miller Lite 200 from the outside of the 10th row.  Zanardi
posted the seventh-fastest qualifying time in today's first of two
qualifying groups.  His lap of 1 minute, 7.068 seconds (an average of
121.202 mph) was 20th-fastest overall today.

Teammate Tony Kanaan and his #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard will
start seventh after a fast qualifying lap of 1:06.196 (122.799 mph).  Gil de
Ferran was today's fast qualifier in 1:05.442 (124.214 mph), and alongside
him on the front row will be his teammate Helio Castroneves, who posted a
fast lap of 1:05.877 (123.394 mph).  Patrick Carpentier qualified third in
1:05.905 (123.341 mph).

Race time Sunday is noon EDT with a live broadcast set for ESPN.  Today's
qualifying sessions will be shown on a tape-delayed basis at 1 a.m. EDT
Sunday on ESPN2.  The Sunday-morning warm-up show CART2DAY is set to air at
10:30 a.m. EDT on ESPN2.


ALEX ZANARDI

"There's not much to say other than the fact that the car wasn't as good in
the qualifying session as it was in practice this morning, or yesterday.  We
're not exactly sure why, at this point.  But I'm sure we'll figure out what
happened between this morning and this afternoon.  It didn't feel quite as
good.  It lost a little power from this morning's session.  I can't say
traffic was all that great.  But that's not the biggest of our problems.  I
think we will be okay tomorrow.  This is a track where you can get away with
starting a little farther back, if you play the right strategy.  We'll see."