German GP: Sauber Friday practice notes

Sauber Petronas drivers Felipe Massa and Jacques Villeneuve finished seventh and 17th respectively after today's first practice sessions for the German Grand Prix.

Jacques Villeneuve:

"When we tested the tyres for this meeting we were expecting very hot weather, and today it was so cold I had real trouble getting enough heat into new rubber during the first lap. Once I was into a run my times were very good and the car was fine, but we need to work on generating more heat for that opening lap on new tyres."

Felipe Massa:

"I'm very happy. My car was good on new tyres, and it was very consistent on old ones, so it looks quite promising so far."

Peter Sauber (Team Principal):

"We did long runs with both cars and were able to evaluate the tyres. As the day progressed we improved the set-up of the C24 and it looks like we are pretty competitive, but of course we realise that it is only Friday."

Felipe Massa
Chassis: C24-06
Practice session 1: 1:17.442, 14th
Practice session 2: 1:16.161, 7th

Jacques Villeneuve
Chassis: C24-04
Practice session 1: 1:18.132, 17th
Practice session 2: 1:16.938, 17th

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