2007 Canadian Grand Prix - Qualifying
2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX MONTREAL 09 JUNE QUALIFYING The Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button will start tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix from the 7th and 8th rows of the grid after ending today's qualifying session in 13th and 15th positions respectively. Both drivers made it through Q1 but struggled during Q2, Jenson experiencing low grip whilst Rubens' quick lap was compromised when he ran wide onto the marbles. RUBENS BARRICHELLO "It was a good qualifying session today and I like the balance of the car. Unfortunately I lost some time into the hairpin when I ran a little wide on the marbles and with that I lost the chance to go into the top ten. I'm still feeling positive for the race tomorrow however as the car has a good balance and seems to be working better on the old tyres than the new." JENSON BUTTON "We really struggled with the grip levels in Qualifying this afternoon. The car just didn't feel like it did during practice this morning and had very low grip all round the circuit. I've qualified well here over the past few years but unfortunately not today. It's very disappointing for myself and the whole team, but we have to look at the data now and try to make the best of our package for the race tomorrow." JACKY EECKELAERT Engineering Director "We expected to qualify higher up the grid but neither of the drivers got a clean lap at the end of Q2. We have also suffered with tyre warm-up problems and therefore a general lack of grip. With race fuel loads tomorrow this problem will disappear. We have a good race pace and with the right strategy we should be able to make up a number of places." QUALIFYING STATS Drivers Car No. Chassis No. Free Practice Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Qualifying 3 Jenson Button 7 RA107-04 P12 P15 01:17.522 P15 01:17.541 Did not qualify Rubens Barrichello 8 RA107-02 P8 P7 01:17.011 P13 01:17.116 Did not qualify Weather Hot and sunny Temperatures Air: 24-26°C Track: 37-51°C ENDS Media Contacts General Media Enquiries - Nicola Armstrong Communications Manager - Tracy Novak Direct Dial: +44 (0)1280 844096 Direct Dial: +44 (0)1280 844212 Mobile: +44 (0)7793 844549 Mobile: +44 (0)7736 630753 Email: NArmstrong@HondaRacingF1.com Email: TNovak@HondaRacingF1.com www.HondaRacingF1.com/media The PDF attached is safe and free from viruses If you no longer wish to receive this information, please reply to this email typing UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject box Please consider the environment before printing this email