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Vettel surprises in final qualifying
29 September 2007 / Results / PhotosSebastian Vettel starred for Scuderia Toro Rosso getting the team into final qualifying for the very first time in its history. He qualified ninth in the wet conditions and will start eighth on the grid, after Nico Rosberg ahead of him serves and engine change penalty.
"Definitely a good day and a great experience for the team to get to Q3 for the first time," said Vettel. "It was difficult not having any free practice this morning and it was the first time for me driving this car in the rain this afternoon. It feels good and I looking forward to tomorrow now. I think if I had managed that final run, I could have improved by up to two places but we went for a last minute strategy change which meant I lost the last lap. When you start high up the grid you expect a better than usual finish position. Hopefully there will be some more rain which would help us and then we will see how far we can go."
Liuzzi ended qualifying in fifteenth. "This result is okay. We took a gamble in terms of set-up strategy and I set off with quite low wing, as if for dry conditions, while we put Sebastian on wet settings. We knew it would be difficult in the wet, but we are hoping for a dry race tomorrow for which we now have the right settings. Overall it was a good qualifying as I don't think I could have got more out of my car. More rear wing definitely helped Sebastian make it to Q3. But I am really positive about tomorrow if it is dry, so the real situation for me could be better than it seems."
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