Hispania’s Vitantonio Liuzzi has set his sights on beating Timo Glock to Turn 1 at the start of tomorrow’s European Grand Prix, revealing that it is his best opportunity of fighting with the Virgin Racing driver throughout the race. The Italian was over a second behind Glock in qualifying, but he lines up just one place behind his rival in 22nd.
"We knew it would be a difficult qualifying session especially because our main opponents made some steps forward, but we have to look forward to tomorrow," Liuzzi explained. "It will be a difficult race because the rear tyres are struggling in these hot conditions, but tomorrow is another day and we will see how it goes."
"Obviously the competition is still on and we will be fighting until the last lap as usual. We have to try and understand the car better for the future and keep pushing for our target. It will be important to try and jump ahead of Timo at the start tomorrow and then keep the rear tyres alive.
"Even though tomorrow will be difficult, we will push to try and get the best result possible for our home fans. After the result in Montreal, people and the fans can believe in the team as we proved we are pushing night and day. It’s a shame we’re facing these tough conditions at a home Grand Prix but we will not give up until the end."
Karthikeyan added his thoughts: "It was a difficult session. I just didn’t catch up the time lost on the track yesterday with the gearbox issue. Braking stability on our car wasn’t the best so I’m a little bit concerned about that but, apart from that, there aren’t any major issues."
"I would have liked a few more laps perhaps but the important thing is that we’ve qualified and now have to take on the race tomorrow. It’s my first time here so this is all experience I’m gaining and we should take it all as a positive. Now we need to try and improve the car and improve myself and see how we do."
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:36.975 | 15 |
| 2. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:37.163 | 19 |
| 3. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:37.380 | 13 |
| 4. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:37.454 | 20 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:37.535 | 20 |
| 6. | J. Button | McLaren | 01:37.645 | 14 |
| 7. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:38.231 | 15 |
| 8. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | 01:38.240 | 18 |
| 9. | N. Heidfeld | Lotus Renault | no time | 17 |
| 10. | A. Sutil | Force India | no time | 14 |
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