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BMW suffering on trying weekend

The BMW team was left in the heart of the midfield after qualifying in Britain on Saturday. As Nick Heidfeld finished the slowest of the fifteen cars in Q2, team-mate Robert Kubica posted the twelfth fastest time for Sunday's race.

Robert Kubica know Sunday's race will be a challenge

With various problems hitting the F1.09 in practice, Kubica is aware of the task ahead of him at Silverstone. "This has been a very difficult weekend so far," admitted the Pole. "Yesterday I had technical problems in both sessions and then again this morning. During the three free practice sessions I had maybe ten laps without any problems, which was simply not enough to do the necessary work."

"Being 15th on the grid is obviously disappointing, although I have to admit that I didn't have too high expectations before we came here," continued German team-mate Heidfeld. "We brought a new front wing to this race, but other teams apparently have bigger updates; it will be difficult to collect points from where we are starting, that is if it stays dry, which is something you never can rely on here in Silverstone. However, for the next races we have more new parts, so we will keep working and never give up."

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