Renault 5th & 10th at today's qual!

By role
April 6 2003

Jarno Trulli qualified 5th today at Interlagos. Alonso was able to reach the 10th position in the grid. It was a strange session as Barrichello got the pole position while his teammate, Michael Schumacher, was only able to achieve 7th.

Mark Webber continued the good form and qualified 3rd just behind Barrichello and Coulthard.

Renault's Trulli showed great speed by qualifying 5th with a time of 1.13.953.

The Italian driver was quite happy with his position:
"The team has done a very good job these past two days in developing the car and the result is reflected in my fifth place today. I am very happy with the car, since we found a good compromise with the aero-package. Furthermore, I am confident with the race strategy we have chosen and with the reliability of the car, so I really think we should finish in the points tomorrow."

On the other side Alonso could not go higher than 10th today as his Renault was not showing the used speed:

"Today in qualifying we were able to work on a dry track, which had been impossible yesterday afternoon. I am quite happy with my laptime because I didn't make any mistakes and the car felt good. I am in 10th position and, considering that I believe we have a good strategy, I think that tomorrow we could bring home some more points."