BMW Sauber F1 Team - Belgian Grand Prix - Qualifying, Saturday 15.09.07

Weather: Dry with sun and clouds, 16-17°C Air, -21-29°C Track

Spa (BEL). In qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix Robert Kubica came fifth
and Nick Heidfeld seventh. Heidfeld will move up one position because Kubica
will have to drop down ten positions on the grid. The Pole stopped on the track
in the morning's free practice session due to an engine failure. This happened
just after the installation laps, which meant he couldn't do his preparation
work for qualifying. The engine, which had already been used on the high speed
Monza circuit, is being sent to Munich today to be analysed.

Robert Kubica:
BMW Sauber F1.07-03/BMW P86/7
Qualifying: 5th , 1.46.996 min (3rd Practice: No time)
"After yesterday's disappointing day, this morning was even more disappointing.
We couldn't test anything for qualifying, and unfortunately once you start
qualifying you can't touch the car. Also I had to run a bit before starting
the show, which is important for qualy three, so that is why we decided to do
two runs in the first session and I think this paid off. In summary it was a
positive qualifying and tomorrow anything can happen."

Nick Heidfeld:
BMW Sauber F1.07-08/BMW P86/7 (T-car F1.07.04)
Qualifying: 7th, 1.47.409 min (3rd Practice: 8th, 1.47.359min)
"The result is okay. My first lap in the last qualifying session was hampered
by yellow flags which were shown after Fernando Alonso's spin. My final lap was
all right - not perfect but without mistakes. In Q2 we had a second outing to
be on the safe side, but it would have been enough even without it. I think I
can improve my position in the race."

Mario Theissen (BMW Motorsport Director):
"Here in the 14th round of the season we have made it into the top ten in
qualifying with both cars for the 14th time. Sadly we had to change the engine
in Robert's car after free practice this morning. He missed the entire session
because of the failure, but still achieved a very good result by coming fifth
in qualifying. Now he has to start ten positions further back, but I believe
even from there he has the opportunity to have a good race. Nick had no
technical problems, but on his last flying lap he lost some time in the middle
sector and this cost him a place."

Willy Rampf (Technical Director):
"We have now made it to the top ten of qualifying for the 14th time in a row,
and that speaks for our consistency! For Nick, everything went according to
plan, however, his time in the second part of qualifying gave us hope for even
more. For Robert it was a very difficult day, which makes his performance even
more remarkable. We changed the set-up of his car substantially from yesterday
to today, therefore, it was particularly a disadvantage that he couldn't drive
in the morning due to an engine failure. Obviously our engineers did a very
good job changing the set-up of the car, as the result proves. Robert will have
to make his way through the field. Nevertheless we will try to make it into the
points with both cars."

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