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The Renault Formula One team had both cars qualify in the top ten at the Hungaroring circuit in Budapest this afternoon with young Russian rookie, Vitaly Petrov qualifying ahead of his more experienced teammate, Robert Kubica when he secured the seventh fastest time of the afternoon.
“I think we did a good job today and I’m very happy to reach Q3 and to be starting seventh ahead of Robert because you first goal is always to be ahead of your teammate,” he said.
“We knew that the car would be quite good here and I have been very happy with the balance during the whole weekend. But the guys in front are still very strong so we know that we need to keep pushing to catch them. For the race tomorrow, overtaking will be very difficult, and the only real chance is at the start, but I will do my best to try and pass some guys and score some points.”
Meanwhile, Robert Kubica wasn’t too far behind in eighth place overall....
“We were hoping to be closer to the front today. It was looking better this morning during practice, but in Q3 I just didn’t have enough grip and had a lot of bottoming with the car, which was quite strange. My lap in Q3 was very slow – half a second slower than my Q2 run, but I just didn’t have the grip. For the race, everything will be about the first lap and the start of the race, so we hope to get a good start and make up some positions tomorrow.” |
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