Friday: Saubers perform worse than expected at Monza
At the end of the first day of testing, Sergio Pérez believes that the C31 is not as competitive as expected on the very fast Monza circuit. However, the Mexican driver is aiming for a place in Q3 tomorrow. Kamui Kobayashi, on the other hand, went in the wrong direction with the settings, which cost him valuable time.
Sergio Pérez – 8th and 9th:
The first session went well, as did the second, as we accomplished almost the entire planned program, but I had to stop a little earlier than expected because the team called me back for some checks. Overall, my feeling so far is that we are a bit behind what we hoped for here. We are losing a lot of time on the straights, and we now need to find a good aero compromise with the settings. We clearly want to fight for the top 10 tomorrow.
Kamui Kobayashi – 14th and 16th:
« It was a somewhat complicated day. I haven’t driven enough to decide on the settings and the level of aerodynamic downforce. This morning, we followed a usual program, and the first stint of the second session was good. But then, we made some changes, the car was bouncing, it was horrible. I almost spun out on the straight. However, we managed to identify the problem even though we couldn’t fix it during the session. I think we will have a lot of work to do tomorrow. »
