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Austrian
Practice
| Position:
22 |
No. of laps:
47 |
| Time:
1 min 13.219 secs |
Chassis:
PS02/04 |
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“It hasn’t been a bad day. We got through our
programme well and with plenty of fuel in the car. We spent time trying to
get a balance on both types of Michelin today, but it’s just not happening
at the moment. We’ll get a bit more time tomorrow morning to fine-tune the
set-up, though, and that should see the times improve. The track is in
reasonable shape and cleaned up a lot as the day went on.”
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Qualifying
| Position:
21 |
No. of laps:
11 |
| Time:
1 min 11.388 secs |
Chassis:
PS02/04 |
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“I think it was quite a difficult session because
everyone waited until the track cleaned up. I thought we might as well go
out because we had only a small amount of running on the tyre we were going
to use in qualifying. When we did go out, the track was very bad, plus we
also had a number of balance changes to do with the new type of tyre. Then
Jarno (Trulli) lost his engine and the session was stopped. When it
restarted, there was only 20 minutes left, there was a lot of dirt on the
track, and I just had to do the best time I could. We got a better balance,
although still not perfect for qualifying, but at least I think we have the
right tyre for the race tomorrow. We’re not sure, but we think we’re maybe
in better shape than others. We’ll see.” |
Race
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Fastest lap: 1 min 11.819 secs
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| Position:
12 |
No. of laps:
69 |
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Chassis:
PS02/04 |
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“It was really a frustrating race today. First of
all, at the start, we had a problem getting the car off the line. I had to
go to first (gear) again and pull away normally, so I was last away by
miles. After that, everything was going well until the first Safety Car
deployment. I had been up with (Eddie) Irvine and a group of cars in front,
but when the Safety Car came out, I was behind Barrichello, and there was
some confusion about our track position. After the second Safety Car
incident, we thought we were fighting (Mika) Salo for position, but it
wasn’t the case. That’s why I got a penalty. All told, a frustrating race,
because I felt I drove well. In any event, we now look forward to Monaco.” |
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