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Chinese GP: Toro Rosso qualifying report
BRAVISSIMO BUEMI! RACE 3 - FIRST Q3 Sebastien Buemi (STR4-01) "I am really happy to be in Q3, as it's more than I had expected. I don't think I could have got any higher up the order. On low fuel, the car was very good, but we didn't have any ...
Published: Jun 19, 2009, 7:51 PM
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BRAVISSIMO BUEMI!
RACE 3 - FIRST Q3
Sebastien Buemi (STR4-01)
"I am really happy to be in Q3, as it's more than I had expected. I don't think I could have got any higher up the order. On low fuel, the car was very good, but we didn't have any new Options left for Q3, so I had to do three flying laps on the Prime, so considering that, we can be satisfied with this. The team worked really well, doing a fantastic job to improve the car a lot since the start of the season and today it worked very well. Now, I am very much looking forward to tomorrow's race".
Third Practice Session: Best lap 1.36.742, pos.13th, 16 laps
Qualifying Session: Best lap 1.39.321, pos.10th
Sebastien Bourdais(STR4-02)
"I made a mistake, it's as simple as that. I tried to optimise my line to take Turn 8, but I cut the apex too much and got on the marbles and the dirt on the left side and so the car never really turned in. Because of the dirt on the tyres, the next few corners were a disaster, losing me around half a second. Yesterday had been very promising but for whatever reason, today it didn't work out. When you see my team-mate did two great laps, you can understand that the potential is there. Tomorrow, I will see what I can do, and even if it's hard to make up places here, I'll keep pushing."
Third Practice Session: Best lap 1.36.834, pos.14th, 17 laps
Qualifying Session: Best lap 1.36.906, pos.16th
Giorgio Ascanelli: "It's fair to say we are learning a lot about the car and we must congratulate Buemi for getting into Q3 at only his third attempt. He is still on a very steep learning curve and he didn't get it quite right in Q2. We had to use all our Option tyres in the first two sessions, to make sure of getting into Q3. I also want to thank Red Bull Technology, because the car is clearly well born. I think Red Bull Racing deserve their pole and I'm cheering for them."
-credit: toro rosso
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