Trulli Optimistic of Strong Race

Italian Jarno Trulli is confident ahead of tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix after a strong performance in today's qualifying.

The Renault driver, who for the fourth consecutive Grands Prix will start from the top four, qualified in third position, just behind Williams' Ralf Schumacher and BAR's Jenson Button.

"I had a good lap, but couldn't repeat my time from this morning," said Trulli, winner in Monaco last month. "I think the hotter track conditions may have had something to do with it, and I think we will see some variation in strategies tomorrow.

"However, third is a good result, and the car has been competitive on the longer runs. We will see what happens tomorrow."

Spaniard Fernando Alonso managed the fifth quickest time of the day, completing a positive day for his French squad. Despite being outqualified by his teammate again, the Renault driver was pleased with his position.

"I am happy with fifth, even though it is not as quick as I did this morning," Alonso said. "On my out lap, I hit some debris from Sato's car, and then made a smack mistake at turn eight on the qualifying lap, and we found that the car was damaged at the end of the run.

"I had a bit too much understeer to be really quick, but to be in the top five is enough to race well."