BMW Sauber F1 Team - Spanish Grand Prix - Qualifying
Spanish Grand Prix - Qualifying, Saturday - 12.05.07
Weather: Sunny and dry, 27-28°C Air, 47-50°C Track
Barcelona (Spain). In Spain, at the European curtain raiser of the Formula 1
season, the BMW Sauber F1 Team has again a car on the third row of the grid.
Robert Kubica was fifth and Nick Heidfeld seventh.
Robert Kubica:
BMW Sauber F1.07-07/BMW P86/7
Qualifying: 5th, 1.22.253 min (3rd Practice: 3rd, 1.21.364min)
"I am happy after that as I think the position is good considering I struggled
with the balance of my car. This morning it was looking better, but then this
afternoon I picked up oversteer. I hope tomorrow the condition of the track
will be better with more rubber down, which should help me with my oversteer. I
am now looking forward to a good race tomorrow with no problems. We are third
in the championship and today we were the third strongest team."
Nick Heidfeld:
BMW Sauber F1.07-05/BMW P86/7
Qualifying: 7th, 1.22.389 min (3rd Practice: 4th, 1.21.464 min)
"I am happy so far as my last lap was pretty good. The balance of my car was
alright, and after yesterday's free practice we only did very minor changes.
After only one run in Q2 we were already safe for the top ten, which means I
have again saved a set of fresh tyres for the race. Normally my starts are
quite good and luckily my grid position is on the clean side of the track."
Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
"All in all we are satisfied with qualifying. We demonstrated after the four
week break we are still the third best team on the grid. I am happy Robert was
quick in the third part of qualifying and so was fifth, while Nick only missed
the third row by a very small margin. For our drivers it is a good position for
the race because both are on the clean side of the grid."
Willy Rampf (Technical Director):
"I'm pleased with the qualifying result. Obviously it would have been nice to
have our drivers fifth and sixth, but they are both on the clean side of the
track and have the chance to gain position at the start. In addition, I'm
confident we have the right strategy for the race. So far, we've had a
trouble-free weekend, so I'm really optimistic for tomorrow."
