Brazilian GP - BMW Williams - Qualifying
The difficult Brazilian Grand Prix weekend continued for BMW Williams in qualifying today. Antonio Pizzonia was an early runner in the session and set a time that would be good for just 14th position while team-mate Mark Webber was amongst the final runners and also struggled for pace and set a time good for 13th position.
Webber is relatively downbeat about the 71-lap race on Sunday as he suspects that he is on a similar fuel strategy to his rivals while Pizzonia is simply looking forward to his home event.
Mark Webber
"It`s been a tough weekend so far and we’ve got a long race ahead of us tomorrow. We`ll see how our strategy is paying out even if I am sure most of the opposition is on a similar strategy. There`s no further change we can do to our car now so we have to look for a solid race tomorrow."
Antonio Pizzonia
"My qualifying position could have been better today if I hadn`t made a small mistake in the middle sector, which cost me two or three tenths. Usually here at Interlagos grid positions are very close and a couple of tenths can mean a few positions. Anyway, I think we have a good car for the race and a good strategy and having the opportunity to race in front of my home crowd is a big boost for me."
Sam Michael, Technical Director
"After this morning’s practice session we thought we could have both cars further up the grid. We will look forward to challenging as strongly as we can and our target is to score points. We will see what strategy everyone else has adopted as tomorrow`s race unfolds. Our information is that the weather is likely stay as it is today and our tyre choice is fine."
Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director
"Mario This qualifying result is more than disappointing. Unlike the other teams, we were not close to our best lap times from free practice. In a normal race, it would be very tough to get any points from these grid positions. Both engines ran troublefree."


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