Pantano Rues Driving Error

Italian Giorgio Pantano rued a driving error during his flying lap in today's qualifying for the French Grand Prix.

"I'm disappointed about the mistake I made at the second corner but I still tried to push very hard for the rest of the lap to stay ahead of a couple of cars," Pantano said after qualifying in 18th place with his Jordan.

"I've gone well here in the past and I feel good about the circuit. Also, the car set-up has been improving quite consistently all weekend so we'll see what happens tomorrow."

The Italian rookie was outqualified by teammate Nick Heidfeld, who completed a disappointing day for the Jordan team by qualifying in 17th position.

"We made good improvements with the car after yesterday's difficulties in finding a proper balance due to the wet conditions," said Heidfeld. "The car changed more than expected between qualifying sessions and although it was better, a few small adjustments we made didn't pay off as well as I thought.

"Still, I think the lap itself was good."