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Difficult qualifying for Sauber
Posted: Saturday July 23rd 2011, 15:03 GMT
Sauber had a poor qualifying today. In particular Kamui Kobayashi's qualifying performance was disappointing. The Japanese driver only managed to get up to a 18th position. He says some traffic is to blame, but acknowledges that the pace just isn't there: "Of course it is disappointing to be out in Q1. It was a difficult qualifying in what has turned out to be a difficult weekend for us so far. My fastest lap wasn't perfect. I had some traffic in front and behind, but it is also the case that we have a general lack of pace here. The only positive thing is that I have now two fresh sets of the soft tyres left for the race. I will do my very best to recover from where I have to start."
His rookie teammate Sergio Perez will start tomorrow's race from P15. "Obviously our overall performance isn't good here and I think we almost maximized what was possible in qualifying under the circumstances. We struggle quite a lot here at the Nürburgring. My fastest lap was okay; there is nothing to complain about. I locked a wheel once but this wasn't the main problem. Perhaps the lap time could have been better by one or two tenths but for sure no more. However, this is where we are and will do everything to fight for points tomorrow."
