Bruni Looks for Repeat Performance

"Of course first is best," Bruni noted after qualifying, "but second is not too bad. Hopefully I can get a good start tomorrow ­- after all Barcelona went okay from second on the grid."

Bruni acknowledged that traffic played its expected part in the qualifying session, as usual, noting: "I got blocked at Rascasse by Negrao on my fast lap, so I could have been a little quicker. Pla was blocked too -­ Negrao pulled over to let us through eventually, but it lost me time.

He was quick to acknowledge the Frenchman's drive today after following him around on track: "Pla was probably the quickest one out there today, but I was staying with him so I figured I'd be first or second.

"So it's not too bad ­ front row is always what you want, especially here."