03 September: Italian Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Report - Sauber
Weather: sunny and hot.
Drivers (Chassis) Villeneuve (C24-04) Massa (C24-06) Spare car (C24-03)
Team
SAUBER PETRONAS drivers Jacques Villeneuve and Felipe Massa will start tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix from 12th and 15th positions
respectively after this afternoon's qualifying session.
Jacques Villeneuve: "We are only two positions off
our ideal position, which would have been 10th, so it was not too bad for me today. The lap was quite good."
Felipe
Massa: "Starting in the first three in qualifying is definitely not great! When my turn came the track was still quite
slippery. But looking at our strategy the lap was actually pretty good and we know that our car is going to be better in race trim,
so the situation is a lot better than it appears to be."
Willy Rampf (Technical Director): "Overall
today was good. We improved the balance of the cars after this morning. And taking into consideration the fact that Felipe had to
start the session so early when track conditions were not optimal, and the race strategy that we have chosen for each car, we have
achieved a reasonable qualifying result."
