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Despite Kamui Kobayashi starting 17th on the grid for this afternoon’s thirteenth round of the 2010 season and teammate Pedro de la Rosa dead last due to an engine change, the Sauber Motorsport team managed to walk away from the event with four more points in their pocket.
In what turned out to be a very eventful Belgian Grand Prix in Spa with ever changing weather conditions, Kobayashi delivers a brilliant performance to cross the line in a superb eighth place, right behind the two Mercedes drivers.
“It was a very difficult race, but for me everything worked out fine,” he said. “The team made very good decisions in choosing the right tyres at the right time, and the pit stops went well. For parts of the race the track conditions were changing every lap, and that was not easy. Especially after yesterday’s qualifying, I am very happy I made no mistakes, brought the car home and scored four more points after starting the race 17th.“
Meanwhile, teammate Pedro de la Rosa made up a total of twelve places to finish twelfth overall and while there were no points for his efforts, the Spaniard is not complaining.....
“It was a very interesting race. After I had to start last I should not complain about finishing 12th, but two laps before the end I was tenth and just in the points. I was on full wet tyres, the rain was not heavy enough and there was not enough water on the track to stop destroying those tyres,” he said,
“They went off quite quickly and when I tried to catch Vitaly Petrov I made a mistake. I went into the gravel and lost two places. Nevertheless for me it was the right move to go for full wet tyres. We had to take our chances today. It was more or less the same at my first pit stop when we fitted intermediates, but then had to change back to slicks. But, as I said, we had to take our chances.”
“It was another strong and mature performance by Kamui in very difficult conditions after starting from way down the grid. Also compliments to the team for choosing the right tyre strategy and executing it very well during the pit stops,” added Peter Sauber, Team Principal. |
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