Montagny happy to outqualify Sato

"It was a good qualifying session because this morning I was quite happy about the changes the guys had made to the set-up of the car," said Montagny, who outqualified his teammate Takuma Sato for the first time since he joined the team.

"The car reacted quite okay to the changes this afternoon and for the first time I could beat my teammate and I am happy with that, especially as it is here at my home Grand Prix in France.

"So far the car is performing well, so I hope it's going to continue and I will try my best for the race tomorrow."  

Montagny, who will be back to his role as third driver in Germany, qualified in 21st position, right ahead of Sato.

"We had a difficult start as we suffered with a mechanical problem this morning which meant that I lost a lot of time during the practice session and I was unable to run the prepared set-up from yesterday," said Sato.

"In qualifying I think that we came back well, but I suffered a little bit with low grip, but I believe that I have a strong overall package for the race tomorrow."