Bridgestone ready to race

By Greig Murray
July 20 2002

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The final few minutes of qualifying turned into a tense waiting game with half a second separating six drivers, each with one flying lap left. The ultimate winner in the battle for pole position was Juan Pablo Montoya, but Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were just fractions of a second behind. Sauber Petronas's Nick Heidfeld in 10th place led a close group of drivers on Bridgestone tyres.

Hisao Suganuma, technical manager, Bridgestone Motorsport said "Unfortunately a pattern seems to be emerging whereby our cars just miss out on pole, and of course that is a shame. However, the pattern in the last few races has been for one of our cars to win, so I hope that trend continues tomorrow. With regard to our long distance performance, based on the data from practice yesterday and this morning I am confident that we will be competitive tomorrow. Both our new specifications will be used in the race and we have suffered no significant problems with either of them so far this weekend."

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