Robert Kubica has admitted he is disappointed with ninth after managing a quicker time in Q1, although he conceded he had met his target of Q3.
“The first target for today was to get into Q3, so we can pleased with that part of the qualifying session, but I am actually a bit disappointed to be only ninth on the grid.
“I did two good laps in Q1 and Q2, but on my lap in the final part of the session I had a big snap oversteer in the hairpin at turn 16 that cost me about four tenths.”
His aim for the race is to gain a couple of places, but Kubica knows it will be a long and difficult Sunday with strong competition.
“On the positive side, we have a clearer picture of where we stand now, and it looks pretty positive when you see the cars around us on the grid: the R30 clearly has good potential. It will be a long, tough race tomorrow but our target has to be to move up the field.”
Meanwhile, Kubica’s teammate also achieved his goal of reaching Q2.
Vitaly Petrov competed in his first F1 quali shoot-out, managing to narrowly miss Q1 relegation.
“For my first ever qualifying session, this is a normal result, but I really enjoyed today. Our first target was to make Q2 so we achieved this, but we were not very lucky in Q2 and could not continue. Tomorrow is race day and it will be very interesting to see how we do – we will certainly try our best.”
