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Theissen: Performance in Hungary was unexpected

BMW Sauber F1 drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld scored just one single point at Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix. The team is still in third place for the constructors' championship but the team's form in the last race did not show their true pace. It left team boss Mario Theissen with a lot of question marks.

Looking back at the Hungarian Grand Prix Theissen told F1.com: "Our performance on Friday was reasonable, the performance on Saturday in qualifying was good to very good, but our performance in the race was completely different. It looked like we weren't there, that the race went on without us. At no point did Robert (Kubica) or Nick (Heidfeld) come close to the lap times they did in qualifying. And I have to admit that I don't know the reason yet.

"What we certainly will look into is the equation of car, set-up, tyres and track conditions. If you look at Robert's qualifying time he should have been able to fight at the front but in reality, in certain phases of the race, he was the slowest car on the track. What happened in the race was completely unexpected."

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