Webber Looking to Strong Race

Australian Mark Webber hopes his pace in tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix will help him enjoy a strong race following a somewhat disappointing qualifying.

The Jaguar team elected to concentrate their efforts in getting their car ready in the best possible conditions for tomorrow's race, scarifying some qualifying pace and Webber, who was again the fastest of the Jaguar drivers, posted the 12th fastest time of the day.

"It's difficult knowing exactly where to put your eggs between qualifying set-up and race setup and consequently, you have no choice but to make a trade-off," said Webber. "In our case, we have focused our efforts on tomorrow's race. I was actually aiming for the top ten today but the somewhat higher track temperature worked against us.

"Overall, we have had a very productive weekend so far and I am looking forward to racing tomorrow. We have tackled a lot of our reliability issues here this weekend and the package is in good shape for the race."

Brazilian teammate Antonio Pizzonia, racing for his future at Jaguar this weekend, wound up 16th quickest more than half a second behind Webber.

"I am disappointed to be honest," admitted the Brazilian. "I would have liked to have put the car higher up the order today but it appears that many teams and drivers are suffering from problems â€" particularly understeer.

"The team has spent considerable time this weekend ensuring reliability and given how punishing this circuit can be over a race distance, seeing the chequered flag is the goal. With some clever strategy work, one can never rule out a points challenge if you cross the finishing line at this race."