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Disappointing qualifying for Williams drivers

Two weeks ago Mark Webber worked himself up to third position on the grid in qualifying, but on Saturday the Australian Williams driver qualified himself in a disappointing seventeenth position. Team mate Rosberg qualified in twelfth.

Mark Webber said about his qualifying today: "Every now and again in this game this happens. We didn't have enough rear grip and ultimately we weren't quick enough. I didn't manage to get a lap in with the balance that Nico had, so my lap time suffered. The track's been all over the place this weekend, but that's the same for everyone and we should have been more prepared for this eventuality. I think it's going to be a very long race tomorrow."

Nico Rosberg commented: "I am relatively disappointed today considering where we were in Monaco because we are not as strong here and dropped back quite a bit. My lap time today wasn't sufficient to make it into the top ten which was unfortunate. We know we are a little bit behind on this kind of circuit, which is similar to Barcelona, both tracks where aerodynamics are important. Still, I think in the race we will look stronger than in qualifying as has often been the case for us this season. We have made a good tyre choice and our engine is quite strong on race pace compared to the competition."

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