Formula 1
Hungarian GP: Toyota Saturday qualifying notes
For the seventh race in succession, the Panasonic Toyota Racing team has put one of its TF103 race cars in the top half of the grid, after Frenchman Olivier Panis claimed tenth place in today's Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session. Cristiano da ...
Published: Aug 23, 2003, 9:35 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
For the seventh race in succession, the Panasonic Toyota Racing team has put one of its TF103 race cars in the top half of the grid, after Frenchman Olivier Panis claimed tenth place in today's Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session. Cristiano da Matta encountered some handling problems on his flying lap and drove a somewhat cautious lap after spinning in the pre-qualifying sessions, all of which resulted in the Brazilian's 15th place on the starting grid for tomorrow's race.
Olivier Panis:
"I am really pleased with my lap. It was quite a strong run and I don't think we could get any more from the car. I made no mistakes and pushed to the limit, so now we have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. Top ten on the grid was the aim and we have achieved that today, so from there we are looking to score more points in the race - this is the what we need to achieve in the remaining races of the season."
Cristiano da Matta:
"Obviously that wasn't my best qualifying lap, but I decided to take a conservative approach after spinning a couple of times during the weekend. I have had some handling problems today with oversteer in my car and generally the grip levels have not been as good today as they were yesterday, which has affected the overall performance. From 15th on the grid, it's going to be a tough race, but nevertheless I'm going to push for points."
Keizo Takahashi - General Manager Car Design and Development:
"We came into this Hungarian Grand Prix expecting it to be the hardest of the four remaining races of the year, so I think that to get a seventh consecutive top ten qualifying result today was a good result. Going out second in the running order, Cristiano suffered a bit with dustier track conditions, but also had some oversteer, which affected his overall lap time. Olivier had a trouble-free lap to take tenth, achieving our top ten target for qualifying. I am hopeful that we can also achieve our race target, namely more points."
Olivier Panis
Car Number 20, Chassis TF103/08
Session Classification: 10th
Lap Time: 1m23.369s +1.681s from pole
Running Order: 14th
T-Car: TF103/07
Cristiano da Matta
Car Number 21, Chassis TF103/04
Session Classification: 15th
Lap Time: 1m23.982s +2.294s from pole
Running Order: 2nd
-toyota-
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Firman well but Baumgartner to race
Next article Hungarian GP: Honda Saturday qualifying notes
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Olivier Panis
On this day: Olivier Panis takes only F1 win in chaotic Monaco GP
Formula 1
Formula 1
Monaco GP
On this day: Olivier Panis takes only F1 win in chaotic Monaco GP
Exclusive: Panis says ART’s Vasseur would “do the job” for Renault F1
Formula 1
Formula 1
Exclusive: Panis says ART’s Vasseur would “do the job” for Renault F1
Formula Renault 3.5 kicks off 2015 season at Motorland Aragón
Formula V8 3.5
Formula V8 3.5
Formula Renault 3.5 kicks off 2015 season at Motorland Aragón
More from
Toyota Racing
Toyota answers critics who doubted it could win in WEC’s competitive Hypercar era
WEC
WEC
Barcelona
Toyota answers critics who doubted it could win in WEC’s competitive Hypercar era
Latest news
Marc Marquez puts his chances of retiring within three years at 70%
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Australian GP
3 min
Marc Marquez puts his chances of retiring within three years at 70%
Audi hands F3 runner-up Freddie Slater F1 practice debut
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
38 min
Audi hands F3 runner-up Freddie Slater F1 practice debut
On this day: Fernando Alonso wins the world title, Michael Schumacher retires from F1
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Brazilian GP
2 h
On this day: Fernando Alonso wins the world title, Michael Schumacher retires from F1
Raul Fernandez still compromised after Indonesia finger injury: “I’m not at 100%”
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Australian GP
2 h
Raul Fernandez still compromised after Indonesia finger injury: “I’m not at 100%”
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe