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BMW drivers not happy yet with set-up

The BMW Sauber F1 drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica were reasonably satisfied after Friday's free practice sessions. The only thing both drivers weren't completely happy with was the set-up of their F1.07.

Robert Kubica commented on his day: "I would say it was quite an easy day. There is a little bit of set-up work to be done for tomorrow for free practice and qualifying, so we have to analyse today's data, but we had no problems so it was quite good. Although I missed the test on the second lap my times were already good, so this was not a big issue. Maybe I could have prepared for my race set-up a little better if I had run in the last test session here, because the track has changed quite a lot and is now bumpier. Now we have to just look at the data and work on that."

Nick Heidfeld felt pretty much the same. He said about today's job: "In the first session and at the beginning of the second one everything went well. Later my car was not so good, although we didn't change much. It was difficult to drive, so we have to figure out why. Even over the bumps here in Silverstone I don't have any problems even with my back."

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