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Piquet hopes to qualify in top ten

Nelson Piquet has been facing a difficult start of the season. The Brazilian, team-mate of former world champion Fernando Alonso, has not even made it into the top ten in qualifying but at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix the Renault driver hopes to finally make it into Q3.

Piquet realises his qualifying performance needs to improve. Especially in the streets of Monaco, where overtaking is nearly impossible, the qualifying session will become exremely important. "Overtaking is almost impossible at Monaco so it's important that we can qualify near the front, hopefully in the top ten, and make the strategy work," Piquet said. "The streets are narrow and the walls so close that you really cannot afford to lose concentration for a second or make the slightest mistake. It's normally an eventful race and so we need to be ready to take advantage of any situation that comes our way."

Piquet can't wait to travel one of his favourite tracks. "Yes, it's probably the most famous race in the world and so it does feel special to drive there. There's a great atmosphere for the whole week in the lead up to the race and it's one of the races were the fans can really get close to the team. I used to live in Monaco when I was a kid and racing there as a Formula 1 driver is something I always dreamed about so it's pretty cool."

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