The
Minardi F1 Team’s all-Dutch
driver line-up of
Christijan Albers and
Robert
Doornbos today continued their
strong run of form at the Hockenheimring,
scene of Sunday’s German Grand
Prix. Albers put in another strong
performance, his lap of 1 min 17. 519
secs securing 16th place on the grid,
while new team mate, Doornbos, produced
a controlled and pacey drive in his
first experience of a Formula One
qualifying session to take the 17th
position.
Saturday morning’s two Free Practice
sessions also gave a clear indication of
the Faenza squad’s improved form, the
fastest lap time recorded representing
an improvement of nearly one and a half
seconds compared with the team’s best at
Hockenheim last year.
CHRISTIJAN
ALBERS (Best lap: 1 min 17.519 secs;
Position: 16th)
“I think I did a
reasonable lap in qualifying and
produced a good time, so I’m quite happy
with today’s performance. We will see
how we go tomorrow, but I think we have
a reasonable set-up for the race.”
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Saturday morning’s two Free
Practice sessions for the German Grand Prix also
gave a clear indication of the Faenza squad’s
improved form, the fastest lap time recorded
representing an improvement of nearly one and a half
seconds compared with the team’s fastest times
last year |
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Minardi F1 Team’s all-Dutch driver line-up of Christijan Albers and Robert Doornbos
today continued their strong run of form during final
qualifying for the German Grand Prix |
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ROBERT DOORNBOS (Best lap: 1
min 18.313 secs; Position: 17th)
“It was easy to
wake up this morning, knowing that I would be driving
today. The qualifying was pretty exciting, like the first
day at school. I was a bit nervous about trying to make a
clean lap, but it went fine, and now I’m very interested to
see how our strategy works tomorrow. I’m looking forward to
my first race in Formula One, and will be putting 100 per
cent effort into doing a good job, both for the team and for
myself. It’s going to be another exciting adventure.”
PAUL STODDART, Team Principal,
Minardi Cosworth
“Today saw both Minardi drivers put in
stunning efforts with substantial fuel loads to record 16th
and 17th places on the grid for tomorrow’s German Grand
Prix. Both drivers were on the pace throughout the morning
sessions, and as a result of the technical improvements from
the team, the Minardi Cosworth PS05 is showing continued
progress race on race. We now look forward to tomorrow.”
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