Brazilian GP - BMW Sauber - QualifyingCanadian Grand Prix winner Robert Kubica has a six point advantage over outgoing champion
Kimi Raikkonen in the battle for third position in the championship standings.
Today in qualifying for the season finale in Brazil, Kubica
continued to struggle with his BMW Sauber and for the second straight race was unable to progress to the final round of qualifying. With Raikkonen lining up third in his Ferrari, Kubica starts down in 13th after another disappointing qualifying session.
Team-mate
Nick Heidfeld is the man on form at the moment for the team as he did make the top ten. The German veteran lines up eighth as he looks to defend his fifth position in the championship from the resurgent
Fernando Alonso.
Nick Heidfeld "Qualifying was okay for me. In Q3 I thought in the end I could have improved more than the three-tenths of a second I managed from the harder to the softer compound, but I have to say it was a good lap and I just couldn’t do any better. I really hope for a good race tomorrow."
Robert Kubica
"This is obviously not the best position for tomorrow’s race. This is the second weekend in a row that I have been struggling with the overall grip of the car. Starting from so far behind will make the race very difficult for me.
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Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director
"Traditionally on this track the time differences in qualifying are very close. Sometimes five or six cars are within one tenth of a second. A driver who is not able to fully exploit the potential there and then will find himself on the back of the grid. We are not happy with our result and, especially for Robert, the situation is not easy for the race. He has been suffering from lack of grip throughout the whole weekend, and we did not completely solve the problem in qualifying. Nick did better and set the eighth quickest time. Only tomorrow when we get to the first set of pit stops shall we see what we can do from here."
Willy Rampf, Technical Director
"We cannot be happy with our qualifying. Robert did not make it beyond Q2. Ten cars were within three-tenths of a second, so with only the slightest mistake one is out. Nick did better. Our goal is now to make up a few positions."
