Klien furious at Sato

Klien failed to make the first cut today after Sato blocked him during his final flying lap.

Without time to complete another lap, the Red Bull driver was left out of the second session and had to settle for 17th position.

Klien, who was confused by the red flag which was shown by error during the dying minutes of the first session, admitted he was very angry at Sato.

"I'm massively pissed off," said the Austrian. "All weekend I've been quick, I was in the top eight this morning and it was a really good opportunity for me and the team to be in the top ten today. During a timed lap, my engineers told me there was a red flag, so I slowed down and prepared to come back to the pits.

"But I was then told to continue, which was very strange, as that normally can't happen under a red flag. So, I did another lap. My tyres were worn, but I was on for a good time until I came up to Sato. He didn't look in his mirrors and ruined my whole lap and whole qualifying session.

"For me it's a really shit day and makes the rest of the weekend pretty complicated."

Klien's teammate David Coulthard enjoyed a slightly better session, finishing in 14th position.

"My last lap was good until I lost some time on the last corner, so there's still some work to be done," he said. "I feel for Christian. It's always disappointing to get caught up in traffic, but it's unusual for such a timing error to occur.

"The red flag happened on my out lap, so we were able to rectify everything before I started my timed lap, but it's very disappointing for Christian, especially as he was going so well this weekend."