Frentzen Hampered by Understeering Arrows

German Heinz-Harald Frentzen claimed he did his best in today's qualifying to finish in a disappointing 15th position with his Arrows.

Frentzen continued to struggle with the handling of his Bridgestone-shod A23 chassis, but the veteran German was hoping for better things in the race on Sunday.

"I was still suffering from the understeer we have had all weekend so 15th was as much as I could do today," said Frentzen. "For some reason I am still losing time in sector one which is frustrating.

"We did a lot of work between free practice and qualifying and found some ways to improve the balance so we managed to jump a bit higher up the timesheets. Tomorrow should be a good race as I enjoy racing at the Nurburgring and our race balance is better than qualifying trim."

Teammate Enrique Bernoldi completed a poor day for the Leafield-based squad, setting the second slowest time of the session.

"We couldn't get the balance right today which is a disappointment," said the Brazilian. "I was only two tenths of a second off Heinz this morning but really lost out to him in qualifying.

"I also came across traffic on my last run which was better but 'ifs' don't count for anything so I have to look forward now to tomorrow's race which I hope will have a better result."