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Panasonic Toyota Racing: Hungarian Grand Prix - Race
Hungarian Grand Prix - Race
Cristiano da Matta - Car Number 21, Chassis TF103/04
Classification: 11th + 2 laps (from race winner)
Grid Position: 15th
"Firstly, I want to apologise to the team for stalling on the grid. From 15th, I was looking for a good start, however I got on the launch button a bit too quickly. I hit the brakes to avoid jumpstarting but there was not enough time for the anti-stall to kick in. The team got me started again in the pitlane, but by that point I was over a lap down and I had to really push hard to make up ground. The car's balance was still towards the oversteer side, but the overall grip was good, so I am naturally disappointed with this result."
Olivier Panis - Car Number 20, Chassis TF103/08
Classification: DNF + 37 laps (from race winner)
Grid Position: 10th
"Understandably, we are all a little bit disappointed. I came in for my second stop and when I went to drive away I heard a noise and knew instantly what had happened. Of course, these things can happen sometimes, but we need to find out exactly what went wrong. The car felt good up to that point and after losing five places at the start, I was making good progress through the field. Despite this result, we are continuing to head in a good direction, so we need to prepare well for the next race in Monza. I am looking forward to the Italian Grand Prix because Monza is a track that should suit our car, and I believe we should be in a strong position to pick up points there.
Ove Andersson - Team Principal
"I think we had a quite competitive car for today's Hungarian Grand Prix, but unfortunately we were not able to capitalise on this. Cristiano had a problem at the start, which effectively ended his race and Olivier was driving a strong race before his gearbox broke. Even without these problems, I think it would have been very difficult for us to score points in today's race. The team has worked well throughout this weekend, and we are shortly heading for a test in Monza before the Italian Grand Prix in three weeks' time - where I think we can be optimistic for a good points finish."
Weather: Hot and sunny
T-Car: TF103/07 set up for Olivier Panis Spare Chassis: TF103/02
Weekend at a Glance
Friday practice (dry track)
Panis P1, 1m21.770s, 25 laps
Da Matta P5, 1m22.700s, 24 laps
Friday Qualifying (dry track)
Panis P7, 1m22.986s (+0.628s)
Da Matta P20, 1m55.138s (+32.780s)
Saturday practice 1 (dry track)
Panis P7, 1m24.251s, 14 laps
Da Matta P15, 1m25.545s, 16 laps
Saturday practice 2 (dry track)
Panis P10, 1m23.789s, 17 laps
Da Matta P17, 1m24.401s, 13 laps
Warm-Up (dry track)
Panis P8, 1m23.582s, 6 laps
Da Matta P13, 1m24.789s, 5 laps
Saturday Qualifying (dry track)
Panis, P10, 1m23.369s (+1.681s)
Da Matta, P15, 1m23.982s (+2.294s)