Mixed Feelings for Sauber Drivers

German Heinz-Harald Frentzen was pleased with his performance in qualifying for his home Grand Prix at the Hockenheim circuit.

"I am quite happy with my qualifying result," said Frentzen, who qualified in 14th position with the Sauber. "In contrast to yesterday I did a good lap without any mistakes. The first sector especially was good, and overall it was a good lap."

Frentzen's teammate Nick Heidfeld, meanwhile, was unhappy with his result despite qualifying only one position behind his veteran compatriot. The younger German complained about the poor balance of his car after finishing nearly four tenths behind Frentzen.

"I am not happy with my lap time," admitted Heidfeld. "The warm-up went pretty well and things looked promising. I had problems finding a good balance this morning, but after trying scrubbed tyres in practice we were confident that would help for qualifying. Unfortunately that wasn't the case.

"This afternoon I had really bad understeer again, particularly in the first corner and the first sector in general, which ruined the handling."