Australian GP Final Round Qualifying Results

Giancarlo Fisichella
By Sauber-Petronas (5/3/2004)
March 20 2004

Team SAUBER PETRONAS drivers Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella will start tomorrow´s Australian Grand Prix from 11th and 14th places respectively after this afternoon´s qualifying sessions.

F. Massa	11th	1:27.065 (+2.657)
G. Fisichella	14th	1:27.845 (+3.437)

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Giancarlo Fisichella (Driver):

I was happy with my performance in the first qualifying session, but unfortunately in the second I made a big mistake in Turn One. I recovered and set what was at that time the fastest time in the second sector, but I lost a bit of concentration and made another couple of small mistakes in the third. It´s disappointing, because the car was good and the balance was better than it was yesterday.

Felipe Massa (Driver):

I could have done a bit better in the second qualifying session, because I expected to set the same time as I had in the first, 1m 26.833s. But I was expecting to qualify in the top 12 and I´m 11th, so I´m quite happy. The balance was good today and for sure it is better still over a long distance, so I know I will have a very good car for the race.

Peter Sauber (Team Principal):

After the first qualifying session we expected a top 10 result, and without the couple of off-track moments that Giancarlo had we would have achieved that. Apart from this, our race weekend has gone well so far, and I think we have a good car for the race.

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