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Sauber finishes day as P11 and P12
Posted: Friday July 29th 2011, 17:02 GMT
Sauber had a good day. The team performed well in the two problem-free practice sessions. Kamui Kobayashi ended the day as 11th and his rookie teammate, Sergio Perez, was 12th. Kobayashi predicts a tough battle in the midfield: "Although we look better than we did at the Nürburgring, I have the feeling it will be tough to catch the Force India cars, but we want to get in front of them in tomorrow's qualifying. The balance of my car is not really brilliant yet, but I think we can improve that. For me the soft tyre is the difficult one up to now, so I prefer the super-soft."
Sergio Perez was happy to see his car doing a lot better than last week: "I think we have a better pace here than we had recently at the Nürburgring, and I also believe the ambient temperatures, which are supposed to get higher, will help us to do a better qualifying as it is crucial to get the super-soft tyres to work then. On the long runs I had degradation with both compounds, but with the soft the balance was better compared to the super-soft. For me the soft tyres were also more consistent than the super-soft. I believe it will become quite an interesting weekend for all of us in regard to the tyres."
Last year the team qualified as 9th and 18th.
