It wasn't My Day, Says Webber

Australia's Mark Webber was disappointed after qualifying in 14th position for Sunday's United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.

The Jaguar driver was impressively quick in Friday's session, posting the third quickest time of the day. Webber, however, was unable to repeat the feat today as he struggled with the handling of his Cosworth-powered car to finish more than 1.5 seconds off the pace.

"You win some, you lose some and today wasn't our day," said Webber. "We lost a bit of balance and grip going into the qualifying session and it became quite apparent as I came out of turn ten from my out lap. As I came out, the car understeered considerably and I began worrying about what was in store for me today.

"The brakes going into turn one were fine but the understeer kicked in again and it stayed with me for the whole lap. It was certainly a difficult qualifying session for us and not one that we expected given our pace up until now. We will, however, learn from it, move on and focus upon the job in-hand for tomorrow."

Webber outqualified his rookie teammate Justin Wilson, who is still searching for his first finish with the Milton Keynes-based squad. The Briton was 16th fastest after suffering from similar problems to Webber's.

"The car was quite twitchy in some of the corners and there was little I could do except my best," said Wilson. "Tomorrow's race will be tough for us but there is never such a thing as an easy race anyway.

"It is a shame to be starting so far back at a circuit which we know we could have done a better job at today and given that I haven't yet finished a race distance for Jaguar yet, seeing the chequered flag will mean a lot to me tomorrow."