Sat: Toyota, Renault

RENAULT

Saturday 10th May 2008

Toyota and Renault each had one driver break into the top ten for Saturday's qualifying in Istanbul.

Toyota:
Jarno Trulli: It was good to make it into the top ten again and to be on the fourth row is better than I expected. But I am not really satisfied. I just couldn't get the set-up right so I had some trouble with understeer and oversteer. That meant the car was difficult to drive and I could not repeat the same lap times that I did at the beginning of the session. Maybe there was something strange happening with the wind on the track but that's the same for everyone. We're in a very tight group of teams so we will have to push hard for a result in the race."

Timo Glock: That's a disappointing result because I have been happy with the handling of the car this weekend and I was able to push this afternoon. In Q2 we had a good qualifying lap until turn nine. I braked in and suddenly I felt a problem with the front right wheel. I couldn't finish the lap and I had to give up and bring the car back. It's a shame because it was a good lap and I think it would easily have been good enough to make the top ten. Instead this result clearly means we have a difficult race ahead."

Renault
Fernando Alonso: Today we made it easily into Q3 and so I will start the race in seventh place, which is more or less here we expected to be, although I think that we could have done a little better. For tomorrow, the start of the race will be vital, but I think that we should be able to fight for some points. It's important not to forget were we were just two races ago. We are moving forward, that is for certain."

Nelson Piquet Jr: am extremely disappointed today after my performance in qualifying. I finished in 17th while my team-mate progressed comfortably into Q3. So it's not going to be an easy race tomorrow, but I will give my maximum to try and recover. I will work hard with my engineers this evening so that we can try and improve for tomorrow and for the races to come. After that it will be down to me to do what I can on the track during the race."

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