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'Although I like Jenson very much…'

Rubens Barrichello jokingly wished bad luck upon team-mate Jenson Button during Saturday's press conference after qualifying in Turkey. The Brazilian starts third on the grid, behind the Englishman, but believes that more grip can be found on the right-hand side of the track.

Barrichello hopes that the sun will still be shining on him come race day

With Button out-qualifying Barrichello for the seventh time in as many races at Istanbul Park, the latter is hoping to get ahead in the Grand Prix in order to reduce the 16-point margin between the championship leading Brawn drivers. "We were discussing where it would be better to start from here and I hope it is third," Rubens said. "Although I like Jenson very much I hope my side of the grid is better!

"It has been a good job since last night," he continued, after the team struggled on Friday. "I think the track may have come towards us a little bit and the car feels a lot better. This morning the fourth lap was better than the third lap (of one run), but in qualifying it is more difficult.

"I lost the first two laps today as I had traffic and the balance was not as good as I expected, so the fourth lap could have been better - I want to know if there was more time in the tyres."

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