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Chinese GP: Renault qualifying report
FREE PRACTICE 3 Robert Kubica, R30-03, P8, 1:36.343, 16 laps Vitaly Petrov, R30-02, P15, 1:37.339, 13 laps QUALIFYING Robert Kubica, R30-03, P8, 1:35.364 Robert: It was good qualifying session for me -- probably my best performance this year ...
Edited: Apr 18, 2010, 2:25 AM
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FREE PRACTICE 3
Robert Kubica, R30-03, P8, 1:36.343, 16 laps
Vitaly Petrov, R30-02, P15, 1:37.339, 13 laps
QUALIFYING
Robert Kubica, R30-03, P8, 1:35.364
Robert: It was good qualifying session for me -- probably my best performance this year from a driving point of view, and I was particularly pleased with my laps in Q3. If you had said to me yesterday I would start the race from eighth, I would have been happy, so it's a good result and puts us in a good position to score points in the race.
Vitaly Petrov, R30-02, P14, 1:36.311
Vitaly: I'm pleased with my performance, which is my best result from a dry qualifying session, even if my ultimate objective has to be to make it through to Q3 because Robert has shown this is what the car can do. Overall, things are going in the right direction for me: I'm improving my driving and getting more comfortable with the car all the time. I also need to say a big 'thank you' to my mechanics, who did a fantastic job to repair my car in time for qualifying after my accident in free practice.
Eric Boullier, Team Principal
We were very pleased with the performance of the car, which shows the progress we continue to make as a team. Robert's eighth place is a good result and we are now between the two Mercedes in qualifying, and we can expect even better race pace. As for Vitaly, he did a good job to bounce back from his accident in free practice this morning, which is all part of the learning curve for a driver in only his fourth Grand Prix. He is pushing himself hard, as well as the car, and his performances are improving every weekend. He did well to qualify 14th, which was the strongest performance of the rookies.
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer
It was a good session from both drivers with Robert solidly into Q3 and Vitaly doing well to qualify 14th. It was satisfying to get ahead of one of the Merecedes with Robert, and eighth is a good position from which to start the race. After Vitaly's crash this morning, the mechanics did a fantastic job to repair the car so that Vitaly could take part in qualifying. Overall, it was a good effort from the two drivers and we know that our car works better on high fuel, so we're well placed to aim for points with both Robert and Vitaly tomorrow. The weather forecast suggests we may get some rain for the race, but we're happy whether it's wet or dry.
-source: renault
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