13/04/2002

San Marino Grand Prix - Qualifying Session

Only three-thousandths of a second separated Mika Salo and Allan McNish in qualifying today. The Panasonic Toyota Racing drivers will start from 16th and 17th respectively for tomorrow's San Marino Grand Prix in Imola.

Mika Salo - Car No. 24

Position:	16th 1m24.328s 12/12 laps completed
Chassis:	TF102/04

"16th on the grid is not a bad place to be considering the problems we have had so far. We do not have much grip and the car does not ride the kerbs very easily. It is a bit frustrating at the moment but we'll see tomorrow. I hope for a good start."

Allan McNish - Car No. 25

Position:	17th 1m24.331s 12/12 laps completed
Chassis:	TF102/05

"Overall it was a good day although we are not as high up the grid as we would have liked. Having said that this is a representative position for us at this event. We made some improvements since yesterday and the car felt relatively good to drive in the qualifying session."

Keizo Takahashi - Technical Co-ordinator
"We were lucky today with the dry weather conditions but still we have not found a perfect set up on Mika and Allan's car. We must make some improvements before tomorrow's race and then finish the race as high as possible."

Weather:	Warm and sunny dry.
Temperatures:	Air - Min 18°C Max 20°C Track - Min 21°C Max 30°C Humidity Min 37% Max 46%
T-car:	Chassis TF102/02 set up for Allan McNish