Brazil GP: BMW Sauber Qualifying Reactions (巴西站排位賽後訪問)

Nick Heidfeld: "I'm extremely happy. My penultimate lap wasn't bad and the final one was simply great. In qualifying two I was close to missing the top ten, and this was because I had a big slide and almost spun in turn 6. Right up to the last session of qualifying I had the impression this time we might have gone in the wrong direction with the car's set-up. It would have been an exception because normally we are very good in this. In the end the car felt better again and I think the track conditions also helped."

Robert Kubica: "It could have been better, but unfortunately on the last lap I had Fernando Alonso in front of me. He let me by, but I had to take a different line which meant my tyres picked up dirt. In the last corner I was quicker but when braking I locked the front wheel, went straight and lost a lot of time. The race will certainly be hard for the tyre."

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director): "As in all 16 races before in the 2007 season we managed to get both cars into the top ten in qualifying. This is a strong and consistent performance, but we are not totally happy with today's result. Nick's lap times in the first two qualifying sessions weren't good, and he only just managed to get into Q3, but in this session with a very strong last lap he finished a very good sixth. With Robert it worked the other way round: In Q1 and Q2 he was fast and matching the front runners, but then in his decisive run in Q3 he lost seven tenths of a second in corner twelve and two possible grid positions."

Willy Rampf (Technical Director): "We are very happy that we made it into the top ten of qualifying for the 17th time in the 17th and final race of the season. The track conditions in the afternoon didn't compare to those from the morning, especially in terms of grip level and balance. Nick had a hard time in Q1 and Q2 until he found the right balance in Q3 and took sixth place. Robert had a strong Q1 and Q2, and was also good on the first two sectors of his fast lap in Q3 until he lost important fractions of a second due to an overtaking manoeuvre. However, qualifying positions six and seven should give us good chances in the race."

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Nick Heidfeld:我前兩節的速度還不錯，最後一段跑地更是理想。第二段排位賽差點掉出10名外是因為車子很滑，在第六彎我幾乎快要打轉出去了，感覺車子的設定弄錯方向了..在最後階段還好車子操控正常了些，當然跑道狀況也是因素之一拉

Robert Kubica:排位結果應該可以更好些，可惜最後一段計時Alonso跑在我前面，雖然他讓我過但我的線也跑掉了，這意味著輪胎壓到不少髒物。在最後一個彎道我也損失了不少時間，因為入彎前前輪被我鎖死了一下。這條賽道對輪胎的考驗蠻大的。

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director): 2007年的所有的排位賽我們都能進入前十，這代表賽車性能紮實且穩定，不過今天排位我們不全然滿意，Nick前兩段計時雖然不好但最後卻衝上第六；Robert狀況剛好相反，他的Q1/Q2很快但在決定生死Q3第12個彎道卻損失了0.7秒，不然他可能排在第五的。

Willy Rampf (Technical Director):跑道下午的狀況和早上差異頗大，車子抓地和平衡感覺也很不一樣。NICK Q1/Q2不佳但Q3找回車子的平衡做出第六，Robert很可惜Q3的超車動作讓他損失了不少時間，不過第六第七的排位對正式比賽還是有些幫助的。