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Heidfeld content as Vettel impresses on debut
16 June 2007 / Results / PhotosThe BMW Sauber F1 Team has kept up its 2007 record by qualifying in the top ten with both cars for the US Grand Prix. Nick Heidfeld will start from fifth, although third was on the cards, but for a small mistake on his last lap, and he missed the second row by eight thousandths of a second. Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel will start his first ever Grand Prix from seventh after doing a total of 110 laps in free practice.
Nick Heidfeld said: "The balance of the car was better today, but I am not really happy with my qualifying as on the last lap I didn't get it right in the last corner. I had some graining with the tyres and obviously was too aggressive and slid a bit away from racing line, otherwise I think I could have qualified in front of the Ferraris. In Montréal our car was very good over the race distance, so I hope we can continue like this."
Sebastian Vettel commented: "It was a thrilling as you have three different sessions and three times the opportunity to either do a good lap or a bad lap. Towards the end I could have been a bit better, but making it into qualifying three was already a big step. I shall sleep better tonight because last night I had the unknown ahead about what will happen. However, yesterday I think we had a very good day and today also was not too bad. Here I shall be racing against the best drivers in the world, which is a big challenge, and the race is a bit longer than I am used to. Now I am much more familiar with the car and really looking forward to the race and another good thing is that P7 is on the clean side."
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