F1 - 2012 - Budapest - Eni Magyar Nagydij
Red Bull Racing - Hungarian GP Qualifying
The Red Bull Racing Saturday Report.
Car 1 SEBASTIAN VETTEL, Position: 3rd, (3rd Practice – P3, 1:21.671)
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“It was difficult session for us. We didn’t get into qualifying how we would like and the rhythm wasn’t there straight away. We burned more tyres than we thought in the beginning, so we only had one new set for Q3. The run we had was okay, but I didn’t get the same feeling that I got at the end of Q2, which was a surprise, so we didn’t seem to go with the track and make another step. Romain was in reach, but Lewis was another step. We know it’s difficult to overtake here, but hopefully we will have a good start. Tyre management will be crucial.”
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Car 2 MARK WEBBER, Position: 11th, (3rd Practice – P1, 1:21.550)
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“I was happy with the car this morning, I was quick in P3, but I didn’t feel happy on that last set of soft tyres in Q2 and struggled against my scrub time, which is a bit bizarre. The field is tight at the moment and it’s disappointing to qualify in P11 obviously. Our race pace should be okay tomorrow.”
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CHRISTIAN HORNER: “A very busy qualifying session. Both drivers made it through Q1 on the hard tyre and were able to abort the beginning of their timed laps on the softer compound, which they then ran at the beginning of Q2. Mark posted a good time, but wasn’t below our own cut off, so both drivers went out again in Q2. Sebastian managed to improve; unfortunately the lap time didn’t come from Mark – there was only 3 tenths (of a second) between P2 and P11, but that was where Mark’s qualifying ended. Sebastian had one set of tyres left, so we decided to run in the middle of the session and a strong lap from him puts him P3 on the grid for tomorrow’s race. I think P2 would have been our optimum today – Lewis’ time over a single lap was unreachable, but we’re confident we’ve got a good race car.”
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(Renault) CYRIL DUMONT: “That was a really tough session. Mark missed out getting into Q3 by a very small margin. For Seb, we could have got P2 today, but I think P1 too quick. We know we need lots of drivability for this race, so that’s what we’ve been working on this weekend. We have some strong competition tomorrow, so let’s see what we can so.”
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PEOPLE TALK
A Formula One team is all about the people, but away from the racing what makes our team members tick? Sometimes it’s about getting away from it. So, ahead of the summer break, we asked team personnel how they’ll be recharging over the next couple of weeks…
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Mark Webber
I’m going to the Olympics for a few days, here and there. As well as that, I’ll do a bit of mountain biking, hanging out with the dogs and going to friends’ barbecues.
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Christian Horner – Team Principal
I’m hoping to see a little bit of the Olympics. I’ve very kindly been invited to go and see the closing ceremony, which will be exciting. I’m going to have a bit of time at home in the first week and then in the second week hopefully we’ll manage to go away somewhere. We haven’t decided yet but I’m sure Beverley will make that decision for me.
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Adrian Newey – Chief Technical Officer
I took a break earlier this year and took the kids to America. We flew into San Francisco, hired a Mustang convertible and drove out to Yosemite National Park and through Death Valley, to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. In August I’ll go to the Maldives.
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Sebastian Vettel
Initially, I’ll try to find some peace and quiet, relax and get little bit in the sun by the sea and then I’ll get back to some training and preparation for Spa, I guess.
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Rob Marshall – Chief Designer
I am going to go to Turkey with my family for a week, for some beach time, sailing and a bit of tennis. We come back for the middle weekend and we’re going to the Olympics to see some athletics and we should see the 4x100m final. After that we’re going to the south coast of England for some more sailing and then I’m going to Lords in London to watch the cricket test match for two days.
