Pedro de la Rosa finally enjoyed some success on Saturday as his Sauber qualified a season's best ninth at Silverstone. Having seen his first World Championship point of the year stripped in Valencia a fortnight ago, the Spaniard is naturally delighted with the position.
On the back of Kamui Kobayashi's impressive eighth place in the European Grand Prix, which follows tenth in Turkey two races earlier, de la Rosa was thrilled to qualify ninth as Michael Schumacher's Mercedes was unable to move ahead in the dying moments of Q3.
“I am a very happy man today,” said Pedro. “It was not only my best qualifying this year but also the best Saturday because in free practice this morning my car was very good. We learned a lot during Friday’s practice sessions and made a lot of changes, aerodynamically as well as mechanically.
“Now my car is very consistent. Ahead of the weekend we thought we would be quite good here, because of the high-speed corners, and it has turned out that we are. It's good to meet expectations. The new parts we took to Valencia worked and the small steps we have for Silverstone are an improvement too.”
Kobayashi is also optimistic ahead of the race. “Sometimes the grip was there, sometimes it wasn’t,” commented the Japanese. “I struggled from a lack of consistency. The race is a different story and from 12th on the grid there is certainly a good chance of scoring points.”
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