22/07/2005
NEWS STORY
Sauber drivers Felipe Massa and Jacques Villeneuve finished seventh and 17th respectively after today's first practice sessions for the German Grand Prix.
Jacques Villeneuve: "When we tested the tyres for this meeting we were expecting very hot weather, and today it was so cold I had real trouble getting enough heat into new rubber during the first lap. Once I was into a run my times were very good and the car was fine, but we need to work on generating more heat for that opening lap on new tyres."
Felipe Massa: "I'm very happy. My car was good on new tyres, and it was very consistent on old ones, so it looks quite promising so far."
Peter Sauber (Team Principal): "We did long runs with both cars and were able to evaluate the tyres. As the day progressed we improved the set-up of the C24 and it looks like we are pretty competitive, but of course we realise that it is only Friday."