Trulli and Alonso shine for Renault

With his team-mate Fernando Alonso recovering from losing track time in the morning to qualify eighth, the team was delighted with a good day's work.

Executive Engineering Director Pat Symonds feels that a strong result or two is a very likely possibility. "I'm very pleased with the performance and the qualifying positions of both our cars on the grid, which exceeded our expectations," he said. "Bearing in mind the key factor of strategy on this circuit and the competitiveness of our car and tyres, I feel that we have a very good possibility of a strong result here in Monaco."

Trulli was also pleased with the way that things have been going, and especially his flying lap of 1m15.500s: "It's been a positive weekend for me so far with a very good qualifying position. The team has done a great job and the car has been constantly cxompetitive. I too believe that we have a good strategy and am looking forward to tomorrow's race.

Alonso was upbeat about lapping eighth fastest, in 1m15.884s: "Considering that this morning's session was spoiled for me by my spin, which made me miss a lot of track time, I'm quite satisfied with my qualifying result."