The grey skies and rain
showers of this morning cleared to deliver dry conditions for qualifying
for tomorrow’s second Japanese Grand Prix to be held at the 4.5km Fuji
Speedway. Unfortunately, neither AT&T Williams driver was able to
translate some promising form shown in practice into a place in the top
ten, however. For his first home Grand Prix, Kazuki Nakajima will start
from P14, one step ahead of team mate Nico Rosberg who will line up in
15th.
Nico Rosberg: "It
wasn’t very nice to qualify 15th today, especially having come from
Singapore where I finished on the podium, but that’s the reality. We’ve
struggled a bit this weekend, but we were expecting to be less
competitive here as we just seem to be missing something on these types
of circuits. I’m keeping my expectations for the race in check,
particularly if it stays dry, but we could have a better chance of doing
well if it rains. I’m happy with my qualifying lap though, and Kazuki’s
been doing a really good job all weekend. He’s been a little bit quicker
than me and I’m pleased for him as he’s in front of his home crowd. But
this weekend isn’t over yet; we’ll see what tomorrow brings."
Kazuki Nakajima: "After
a strong run in the practice sessions that was a difficult qualifying,
but we did do our best. I don’t think that this afternoon’s conditions
suited the car that much and some traffic interrupted my last run, which
didn’t help me either. We now need to prepare a good strategy for
tomorrow’s race."
Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "Obviously
this isn’t the best track for us. We took both cars through to Q2, but
we weren’t strong enough to get into Q3 here. Fuji delivered a very
interesting race last year, so we’ll now work towards the most
advantageous strategies possible for our positions and see if we can’t
get something out of the race."
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"It
wasn’t very nice to qualify 15th today, especially having come from
Singapore where I finished on the podium, but that’s the reality. We’ve
struggled a bit this weekend, but we were expecting to be less
competitive here as we just seem to be missing something on these types
of circuits. I’m keeping my expectations for the race in check,
particularly if it stays dry, but we could have a better chance of doing
well if it rains. I’m happy with my qualifying lap though, and Kazuki’s
been doing a really good job all weekend. He’s been a little bit quicker
than me and I’m pleased for him as he’s in front of his home crowd. But
this weekend isn’t over yet; we’ll see what tomorrow brings."
"After
a strong run in the practice sessions that was a difficult qualifying,
but we did do our best. I don’t think that this afternoon’s conditions
suited the car that much and some traffic interrupted my last run, which
didn’t help me either. We now need to prepare a good strategy for
tomorrow’s race."
"Obviously
this isn’t the best track for us. We took both cars through to Q2, but
we weren’t strong enough to get into Q3 here. Fuji delivered a very
interesting race last year, so we’ll now work towards the most
advantageous strategies possible for our positions and see if we can’t
get something out of the race."
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