Lucas said after the race: “A very good race overall. I’m very pleased with my drive and the team did a great job. They were very difficult driving conditions due to the weather changing so much from dry to half wet to full wet during a whole race. The team did a great job calling me at the correct moment and choosing the correct tyres. From my point of view it is very clear that Kovalainen cut the chicane at turn 5 and we have brought this to the attention of the race officials. Hopefully we will know more about this soon.”
The quali didn't go well for Lucas unfortunately. It's raining in Q1 and that caused the problem; Trulli crashed into Lucas so he had to say good bye to the qualifying session quite early and start from 23rd on tomorrow's race. Hopefully he will have more luck...
Lucas: “A disappointing qualifying session for me because the conditions were perfect for our set-up. On the first time lap Trulli hit me and the damage was so great we had to stop. Tomorrow looks like rain again so I’m looking forward to an interesting race.”
Yesterday was a rainy day in Spa. Due to the weather conditions some sessions were delayed. Beside these things Lucas did quite well, didn't crash or things like that... and finished P20, P21. Good luck today!
Lucas: "A very productive day. We were able to run the car on all the types of tyre available – extreme wet, intermediate, prime and option. The forecast is the main doubt for the weekend but I’m happy with the progress we’ve made. I think we have covered pretty much every situation and after a problem-free Friday I’m looking forward to a good weekend for us."
Lucas about the weekend: "This weekend I'll be racing a Formula 1 car at Spa for the first time which is going to be an amazing experience and one that I am really well prepared for. We've done a lot of laps in the simulator and I finished on the podium here last year in GP2, so I have a really good feeling about the place. We've made some big steps forward with the car recently so we are in very good shape. It will be interesting to see what the weather does throughout the weekend and there could be a great opportunity to achieve a surprise result."
Timetable (GMT+1) Friday Practice 1 10:00 Practice 2 14:00 Saturday Practice 3 11:00 Qualifying 14:00 Sunday Race 14:00
