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Frustrating day for Spyker

It was yet another frustrating day for the Spyker Formula One team in Sao Paulo, Brazil. After a challenging day in scorching temperatures Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto qualified for tomorrow's race in 21st and 22nd position respectively.

"Unfortunately we had a fuel pressure problem on my first run in Qualifying - the engine just cut out and I couldn't go on," said Sutil. "It was the same issue we had in the morning, but then I stopped in the pit lane and my mechanics could push me back to the garage to get started again. In the afternoon I was on track and we couldn't do the same. Obviously it is a worry and something we need to sort out for the race, but I think we can get it right tomorrow."

Sakon Yamamoto commented, "Obviously this Qualifying was disappointing. The grip level was lower than I expected and I changed the set-up for Qualifying and the race, but the set-up just didn't seem to work that well over one lap. On this point it's a shame, but I think this set-up will work better in the race so I want to push 100% and do my best race so far this season."

Mike Gascoyne, chief technical officer added, "A disappointing Qualifying session. Adrian stopped on his first run with a fuel pressure problem, which was unfortunate as I think with the track improvement we could have picked up on a couple of places. Sakon struggled with less grip than this morning, but I am sure in the race we can be competitive with the group in front, so we have to look to pick up some places tomorrow."

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