Mark Webber qualified well for tomorrow's United States Grand Prix when he finished eighteenth, ahead of Toyota's Mika Salo, after a difficult session.

"I am looking forward to the race for us. Normally, qualifying is quite difficult for us because the other teams have quite a few qualifying tweaks that they can use to help the car under one lap," he commented.

"For the race, it is not easy to overtake because we are not that quick in a straight line. We are quite quick in the corners, but it is difficult for us to be overtaking people in the straight lines. It is going to be a long afternoon."

Alex Yoong was twentieth after he slid off track and impacted with the barriers on his second run. As he had comfortably qualified for the race, the Malaysian then took the decision to save his tyres for Sunday.

"Trying to go quick on the second run, I touched the grass a bit, and that was it. I skid all the way to the barrier. I think the grass is a bad adding, [they] have to change that for next year. It does not slow the car down," he remarked.

"I came back and thought, 'Well, I've got two more runs on new tyres,' but I[had] comfortably qualified, so I just thought, 'Forget it and save the tyres for tomorrow's race'."