Nick Heidfeld, R31-04
Free Practice 3: P23, 1:29.200, 6 laps
Qualifying: No time set
Vitaly Petrov, R31-03
Free Practice 3: P8, 1:24.043, 18 laps
Qualifying: P6, 1.22.471, 14 laps
An action-packed Spanish qualifying session amid hot conditions at the Circuit de Cataluña resulted in Vitaly securing P6 on tomorrow's grid.
With just over two minutes remaining of Q3, Vitaly came out onto the track to secure a time of 1min 22.471 seconds. The Russian finished ahead of both Mercedes cars and Felipe Massa to claim the position and put him in contention at the top end for tomorrow's race.
Nick, meanwhile, was unfortunate in not being able to compete in the session despite the team working flat out to help him get out for Q1. Nick's car was unable to continue after flames appeared in the morning's FP3 session when the right exhaust became too hot and the car suffered a power failure.
Nick will start tomorrow's race from the pitlane, whilst Vitaly will be looking to a strong start to challenge for some good points.
.thumb.JPG.8b430cdf432e55b4f884027eff0f6f45.JPG)
Recommended Comments
There are no comments to display.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.