Q2 remained dry and both drivers opted for the soft tyres for both runs.
Adrian crossed the line with the fifth quickest time and Tonio the 14th,
however he will start from 12th following penalties handed to both
Mercedes drivers.
Having used two sets of option tyres in Q2, Adrian could only make one
run in Q3 and timed his lap to coincide with the very last seconds of dry
running before another rain shower arrived. He got in one lap, the eighth
quickest of the session, and will line up alongside the Williams of Barrichello
for tomorrow’s 44 lap Belgian Grand Prix.
Adrian Sutil - car 14
Getting into the top ten was my aim today so I’m really happy. It was a
tough qualifying of course with the showers and we had to be quick in
taking decisions on the pitwall and on the circuit we had to react quite
quickly as you never knew what was going to happen. I was lucky to go
through in Q1 as I did my quickest lap on the intermediate tyres and the
track was drying. Then second qualifying went well and in Q3 I was quite
happy with the one lap I did. We only had one set of option tyres left for
Q3 and I just missed out on a second lap as at the end of the first lap it
had started to rain. I’m looking forward to the race tomorrow, I think there
will be a lot of overtaking maneouvres, particularly up the hill and into
Eau Rouge after the start, and you can really attack throughout the race.
Tonio Liuzzi - car 15
It wasn’t such an enjoyable qualifying as everything was very confusing
and stressful with the rain in Q1. But overall we made an improvement to
our car as we have had some problems with top speed from Friday practice
until Q1. The car has a good balance into the corners and the blown diffuser
is working well but although we improved in qualifying, it didn’t feel 100%.
In FP3 this morning we also ran just four laps, also with a different wing
setting, so we went into qualifying a bit blind. But we can be pretty happy,
the forecast is changing every 10 minutes for the race tomorrow so we’ll keep
on top of it and from P12 on the grid we’ve still got a good chance of scoring
some points.
Otmar Szafnauer, chief operating officer
We’re obviously very pleased to be back in the top ten again after a couple
of difficult races, and to get two cars starting in the top 12 is our best
qualifying session since Canada. It wasn’t an easy session to call with the
rain coming and going but we made the most of the conditions to give ourselves
a good shot of a points finish, which is of course the ultimate aim. We know our
race pace is strong, but as usual here in Spa you also have to be spot-on with
the tyre calls if the weather is changeable. We look forward to a competitive
race tomorrow.
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