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TAKES FOURTH ROW SLOT Jordan Honda driver to start eighth as Ferrari secure front row Giancarlo Fisichella qualified his DHL Jordan Honda in eighth position for tomorrow's grid of the Australian Grand Prix to start the race as the leading Honda-powered car, from the fourth row. The Lucky Strike B.A.R Hondas of Jacques Villeneuve and Olivier Panis will line up in 12th and 13th positions respectively. Due to an accident in the morning warm up session Jordan Honda's Takuma Sato had to use the spare car for qualifying. A hydraulics problem caused the spare car to fail on his out lap, so Sato borrowed Fisichella's car but was only able to post a time in the wet after it began raining half way through the session. As a result of the rain he did not set a time within the regulatory 107% but the stewards have decided to allow Sato to start tomorrow's race from the back row of the grid. The poor weather conditions continued at Melbourne's Albert Park circuit for qualifying, and the threatening skies which loomed over the track all morning gave way half way through the session. Due to the prediction of rain all drivers went out early and as a result the times posted in the first half of the session formed the final grid for the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. The Ferrari duo of Rubens Barrichello and Micheal Schumacher secured the front row, separated by just five thousandths of a second. The Williams of Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya were split by David Coulthard and McLaren team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. |
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| Shuhei
Nakamoto - Race and Test Team Manager, Honda Racing Development "We would
obviously have preferred better weather conditions for the first qualifying
session of the year. Unfortunately due to the rain no-one in the paddock
could run to their full potential so we were unable to gain a realistic
understanding of what everyone is capable of this year. All the Honda-powered
drivers did well today in difficult circumstances. The stewards have allowed
Takuma to race tomorrow and I'm sure he will do a good job in his first
race." Giancarlo Fisichella Position: 8th "I am very happy with this result. The car felt really very good - well balanced and enjoyable to drive, and I think had we had time for more runs in the dry, I could have moved up another place or two. I said yesterday my target was to finish in the top eight, which we have achieved, despite the fact that I only had one proper timed lap (the first one having been interrupted by red flags), so we have every reason to feel satisfied with that. The race should go well for us, whether wet or dry, so we can be optimistic about scoring some points. Reliability will of course be a big issue, but that's the case for all the teams, with the possible exception of Ferrari." CONTINUE >> |
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