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Positive performance at the "ring"
By SA07 July 22 2007
Kimi Raikkonen claimed pole position today for the European Grand Prix the flying Finn had been fast all weekend and looks like he could very well take the win. Fernando Alonso took 2nd place despite a huge chunk of oversteer in the middle of the lap which does indicate that he could be on a light fuel load. Felipe Massa put his Ferrari in 3rd place and admits being fazed by Hamiltons accident.

 Data including driver quotes is from Super Aguri F1

Super Aguri Sato in garage in car up close with mechanics 

TAKUMA SATO Car 22 (SA07-04)
FP3 Position 20 Fastest Lap Time 1:33.945
QUALIFYING Grid Position 16 Lap Times 1:32.678 Q1; 1:32.838 Q2

Super Aguri Anthony Davidson putting gloves on in cockpit us gp

ANTHONY DAVIDSON Car 23 (SA07-03)
FP3 Position 19 Fastest Lap Time 1:33.792
QUALIFYING Grid Position 15 Lap Times 1:32.793 Q1; 1:32.451 Q2

T-Car SA07-02

Weather Warm with a clear sky (38.4%-53.6% humidity)
Air Temperature 19.4°C minimum, 23.3°C maximum
Track Temperature 29.1°C minimum, 39.1°C maximum

Nick Heidfeld will start in 4th place at his home race for the BMW Sauber F1 team with his team mate Robert Kubica in 5th not far behind him. Mark Webber showed Red Bulls pace when it actually stays on track in 6th pipping the works Renault of Hekki Kovalainen  in 7th place. Jarno Trulli the one lap specialist put his Toyota in 8th with team mate Ralf keeping up in 9th.

The rising Briton Lewis Hamilton will start in 10th place providing he doesnt have to use his spare car after enduring a violent meeting with a tyre wall after a loose tyre gave way under the load of his car. The accident threw a red flag out onto the circuit and ment all session 3 runners had to endure 20 mintues of waiting while marshalls cleared the track and rebuilt the tyre wall.

It is unclear if he will be racing tomorrow but at the moment there are strong signs that he will. To race he will need to pass a medical examination tommorow morning.

Nico Rosberg failed to go through the second knockout session in 11th place with a disappointed team mate of Alex Wurz in 12th. Giancarlo Fisichella got out paced by his rookie team mate in unlucky 13th place and Rubens dragged the world around in 14th.

Anthony Davidson was the first of the Super Aguris and was delighted to make it into session 2 in 15th. The Super Aguri of Sato will start behind him in 16th outpacing the works Honda of Button in 17th place. Scott Speed had a quiet afternoon in 18th and its a team mate thing today as Liuzzi followed in 19th place. Coulthard blamed a team error in 20th after enduring his team mate as traffic and a timing error which meant he couldnt get his final run in.

Sutil will start in 21st place outpacing his new team mate Marcus Winkelhock in 22nd.

Takuma Sato qualifying report:

"It was a good practice session. We made a few changes in the morning to try to improve and we made progress. I was happy with the car in Q1 and we looked very good. At least we got into Q2 as it has been a few races since we did that, but it was unfortunate that on my last quick lap there was a yellow flag at the chicane and I had to abort. It was unlucky that I could not improve because of that, but the car showed good performance today so hopefully we can have a strong race tomorrow."

Anthony Davidson qualifying report:

"That was a very exciting Qualifying session for us. Taku and I pushed each other very hard and we took the car right to the limit. I feel that we got the very best out of the car and it was a lot of fun. To beat one of the Honda cars and also Coulthard, especially in Q1, and to just get into Q2 was exactly what we wanted. We knew that once we got into Q2 it was going to be extremely hard to progress any further, but I am very happy with today's work. The boys in the garage and the Engineering team did a great job to find space out on the track so that I always had a clear run."

Graham Taylor, Sporting Director qualifying report:

"It turned out to be a very close fight between the SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM drivers today and both performed well. It is nice to have both cars in Q2 - we have not had that for a while. The grid is getting tighter in lap times all the time and even within our team it is getting tighter and tighter. We have a healthy intra-team rivalry.

Pos.DriverTeamTime Fastest on lap 
  Pole Position Shootout 
1K.RaikkonenFerrari1m31.522s10
2F.AlonsoMcLaren1m31.741s10
3F.MassaFerrari1m31.778s10 
4N.HeidfeldBMW1m31.840s10
5R.KubicaBMW1m32.123s10 
6M.WebberRed Bull1m32.476s10 
7H.KovalienenRenault1m32.47810 
8J.TrulliToyota1m32.501
10 
9R.SchumacherToyota1m32.57010
10L.HamiltonMcLaren1m33.883
  6
  Qualifying Session 2 Knockouts
11N.RosbergWilliams1m31.978
 6
12A.WurzWilliams1m31.996 6
13G.Fisichella

Renault 

1m32.010 6
14R.BarrichelloHonda1m32.221 6
15A.DavidsonSuperAguri1m32.451 6
16T.SatoSuperAguri1m32.838 5
  Qualifying Session 1 Knockouts
17J.ButtonHonda      1m32.983 6
18S.SpeedSTR1m33.038 6
19T.LiuzziSTR  1m33.148 6
20D.CoulthardRed Bull1m33.151 6
21A.SutilSpyker F11m34.500 9
22M.WinkelhockSpyker F11m35.940 6

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