McLaren Pair Hope for Dry Final Qualifying

McLaren drivers Kimi Raikkonen and David Coulthard are hoping for a dry final qualifying for the French Grand Prix tomorrow.

Raikkonen, who is seven points behind Championship leader Michael Schumacher after retiring from the lead at the European Grand Prix last Sunday, set the 17th quickest time in a wet session. The Finn finished more than a second behind his Ferrari rival.

"We did all of our running today in the wet but still managed to do some set-up work," said Raikkonen. "The result of today's qualifying really just depended on when you had your run.

"As both David and I had our laps early on, when the track was wet, I'm not concerned. We will see what happens tomorrow where hopefully the sun will shine."

Raikkonen's teammate Coulthard is also hoping for a dry session tomorrow after finishing in 14th position in today's qualifying.

"Obviously the conditions were tricky today with rain during practice and then the track drying during the qualifying session which is reflected in the times," the Scot said. "I was running on the full wets like the others before me, so really we have had no dry running today.

"During practice we were familiarising ourselves with the revisions to the track. I look forward to tomorrow where hopefully the weather will be better."