Monaco GP 2006 - Free Practice & Qualifying

CLARK KENT NINTH

                       On  the  day  we  unveiled  our  Superman  livery  to  coincide  with  our  cooperation  with  "Superman Returns", Clark Kent got the best result for us. While Christian Klien qualified wearing his Superman race suit, David's physique turned out to be too super to fit the suit, so he was on track in his usual one this afternoon.

DAVID COULTHARD, (Position 9th): "I'm actually really pissed off. I've had no traffic all weekend and then, on my last flying lap, I got held up. Ninth is our position and I don't think it's the reward the team deserves for all their efforts this weekend. The car can go quicker and it would have been nice to have had  a  clear  lap  today.  This  circuit  provides  a  real  opportunity  for  us  to  get  up  the  grid.  No  great surprise that Michael had to stop …"

CHRISTIAN KLIEN, (Position 12th): "The first session started pretty good. I improved a lot from this morning and was pretty pleased with my lap time. Going into the second session I thought we could get into the top ten, but when I went out on my first set of tyres, I had a problem with the brake system and had a very soft brake pedal. I managed to complete the lap and came back to the pits, where we tried to sort out the problem, but we couldn't fix it in time. It's frustrating as the car is pretty quick here and I think we could have gone for a top ten position."

CHRISTIAN HORNER: "David continued his good form this weekend. He went comfortably through the first part on an old set of tyres, set the fourth quickest time in the second part and was confident going into the third part. Ultimately, we are disappointed with ninth. David got held up on his flying lap and otherwise, we know he would have finished higher than that, so it's a little frustrating. Christian had a problem, which we hope to rectify ahead of tomorrow."

STATISTICS

DAVID COULTHARD (Car 14)
3rd Practice Position:  4     Best Time:1:14.550  Laps:19
Qualifying Position:    9     Best Time:1:13.687 
Chassis Number:         3

CHRISTIAN KLIEN (Car 15)
3rd Practice Position: 12     Best Time: 1:15.476  Laps: 19
Qualifying Position:   12     Best Time: 1:14.489    
Chassis Number:         2