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Albers disappointed with performance

The Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 drivers concluded its first official qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix. The team qualified themselves at the backrow though in 21st and 22nd.

Adrian Sutil

Adrian Sutil was satisfied with his first qualifying session in Formula 1, although the German said he could have performed better. Christijan Albers was extremely disappointed to be so far behind as the Dutchman believes the car could be doing much better. Albers suffered from gearbox problems in this morning's free practice session and was unable to get his car sorted out for the qualifying session.

Adrian Sutil commented on his first qualifying run in Formula 1: "I'm happy with laps I did and I think I could have even beaten Liuzzi's time, but coming through the last corner someone went off in front of me into the gravel and brought a lot of dust and sand onto the track so I had to be a bit more cautious through the turn. We might be at back but I'm happy with my laps, I didn't make any mistakes and hope for the best tomorrow in the race."

Christijan Albers said: "I'm disappointed to be this far behind, but I don't think this time is representative of where we really are. I lost first gear in the first session and lost a lot of time when the guys had to change the gearbox, which meant I didn't get a lot of running on the softer tyre that we ran in Qualifying. As the tyres are now so important to the set-up and handling of the car, I could not get the best out of my laps."

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