Jaime Alguersuari was left feeling overjoyed with his qualifying performance at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday afternoon, as the Spaniard prepares to line up a career-best sixth on the grid. The Toro Rosso driver made it into Q3 for the first time since China, the location of his now previous best starting position.
"This was my best ever performance and the best for the team this year," said Alguersuari. "I think I have to be very happy with this and also because my team-mate came very close to Q3, which shows we have done a good job, not just on the car but in the way we managed the session, being the first out of the pits to get a clear track.
"The weather helped, because the car worked very well on the intermediates and the extreme wets, but we have also been quick in dry conditions. We knew we had a better car here than in Hungary and we have learned a lot about it so far this weekend.
"Certainly the DRS is now working better than ever before. Hopefully tomorrow I can do a good job again and score some more points and I believe we have a good chance of doing that, if we stay calm, because our car has a good pace. The start from the third row will be very important and maybe tricky and I hope it stays dry."
"It was not easy this afternoon, because the track dried very quickly after the rain actually stopped falling," added team-mate Sébastien Buemi, who starts from 11th. "Therefore you had to get a good lap at just the right time. I managed to do that right up until the end, when I made a small mistake. I am a bit angry with myself for that.
"However, 11th is still a good place to start the race tomorrow. I think we have opted for a good compromise in terms of car settings for the race. In any case, the team seems to have made a lot of progress in performance terms so I hope this translates into a good race, because it’s tomorrow that the points are given out."
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:48.298 | 22 |
| 2. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:48.730 | 21 |
| 3. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:49.376 | 23 |
| 4. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:50.256 | 21 |
| 5. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:50.552 | 23 |
| 6. | J. Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 01:50.773 | 24 |
| 7. | B. Senna | Lotus Renault | 01:51.121 | 24 |
| 8. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:51.251 | 22 |
| 9. | S. Perez | Sauber | 01:51.374 | 24 |
| 10. | V. Petrov | Lotus Renault | 01:52.303 | 23 |
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