Pleased Trulli Encouraged for the Race

The Renault team were encouraged by their performance in today's qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix after Jarno Trulli and Jenson Button finished both in the top ten ahead of tomorrow's race.

"It was a very good performance today, even though I didn't manage to complete my final run," explained Trulli. "Of course, it's always possible to improve if you're out on the circuit, so I don't know what we could have done on that last lap.

"Nevertheless, I thought we were very competitive yesterday, so things look good for the race tomorrow."

The Italian driver posted a promising seventh quickest time for the French squad, while teammate Button finished in tenth place. The Briton, however, claimed the team made a mistake with his car set-up for the final two flying laps, something that hampered his progress.

"I'm a little disappointed to be tenth, especially as Jarno showed what the full potential of the car was," he said. "We made a mistake with the set-up, and took off too much downforce for the last two runs.

"This meant we lost out in the second sector. Having said that, we should still be able to do something from this part of the grid."