Fisichella Hoping for Top Ten Qualifying Spot

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella is aiming for a place in the top ten in Saturday's qualifying following a promising start of his Spanish Grand Prix.

The Jordan driver, yet to score a point this year, posted the eighth fastest time in today's practice and was hopeful of continuing with his progress in tomorrow's qualifying at the Barcelona circuit.

"Today was not bad at all," admitted the Italian driver at the end of the day. "I think we look alright compared with the competition. The problem is that the grip levels are very low - it's quite different on the track than during winter testing.

"But we are going in the right direction on set up and I think we can improve by at least three tenths tomorrow. If we are in the top ten tomorrow we will have done a good job."

Teammate Takuma Sato, continuing with his troubled first Formula One season, missed the whole first session after suffering an electrical problem just seconds after the start. But the Japanese driver recovered well in the afternoon, setting the 14th quickest time.

"We caught up quite well today after a bad start when I suffered an electrical connection failure," said Sato. "I think we've collected good data though and I believe we will be in good shape tomorrow."