Drivers happy with their qual efforts!

By role
July 5 2003

Both Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso where sattisfied with their qualifying effort today at Magny-Cours. Jarno Trulli qualified 6th and ALonso finished just behind him for 7th, both outqualifying the Ferrari of Rubens Barrichello.

Trulli was indeed sattisfied on his effort:

"I am extremely happy with the result today. I had some difficulty in finding a good set-up at the start of the morning, but we made good progress. However, when you look at the teams in front, I don’t think we can compete for victory tomorrow. Having said that, tomorrow will be a long race and we can still be confident of a good result." He said.

Alonso found a car that was quite well balanced and therefore he was able to put a good lap:

"My lap was pretty good. I had a problem-free day, completing lots of laps on race and tyre preparation work. As for the flying lap, I’m happy with it: I didn’t make any mistakes, and the balance was good, which allowed me to achieve the car’s potential today. In terms of the strategy, I am confident that the race will once again see us score some more championship points." Said the Spaniard.

Pat Symonds, Executive Director of Engineering, was also looking forward to the race:

"Good laps from both drivers today, and we managed to achieve a reasonable balance on the cars although, as always, we would welcome a little more grip. The wet weather yesterday makes it more difficult to predict the other fuel loads, but we feel we are in a competitive position. As can be seen from the times, the Michelin tyres are very competitive, and should stand up equally well in the race."