By Sauber-Petronas (3/4/2004)
April 3 2004

Team SAUBER PETRONAS drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa will start tomorrow´s Bahrain Grand Prix from 11th and 13th places respectively after this afternoon’s qualifying sessions.

G. Fisichella	11th	1:31.731 (+1.592)
F. Massa	13th	1:32.536 (+2.397)

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Giancarlo Fisichella (Driver):

I am much happier with everything today. I feel better physically, and the car was the best it´s been for me all season. The gap between me and those in front is also closer, and I did two good, clean qualifying laps this afternoon. We worked on the car all day and got a much better balance than yesterday, and I think we will be even closer to the front in the race. The target, of course, is to score points, and I think we can do this.

Felipe Massa (Driver):

I made a huge mistake in the first corner, and then I went over the kerb in Turn Four and lost traction. The second and third sectors were okay, but by then the damage was done. It´s really disappointing because we improved the car a lot over the first qualifying session, even though I lost track time this morning with a fuel pressure problem which didn´t make it easy to get the car balanced.

We tend to run better in the race, though, and I always think that I can score points, so I´ll be going all out to achieve that tomorrow. It´ll be fantastic if I can.

Peter Sauber (Team Principal):

I am pleased that we were able to make a clear step forward over yesterday´s performance. Giancarlo drove an excellent lap, and there are only five hundredths of a second separating us from eighth place. Unfortunately Felipe didn´t find his rhythm today. We proved in Malaysia, however, that we had a quick and reliable race car, so I am confident we have the potential to score points tomorrow.

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