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Andreas Zuber enters tomorrow's GP2-run in Budapest from first starting row
The 24-year-old Styrian reaches second place in the qualifying behind Grosjean
The free training session on Friday morning on the Hungaroring in Budapest already proved to be very promising for Andreas Zuber. The 24-year-old Styrian reached best-time ahead of the overall leader of the GP2-season 2008, Giorgio Pantano. And the qualifying on the 4,381 kilometres long circuit in the Hungarian capital went almost equally well for the Moser Medical Group driver. Only Sebastien Grosjean was faster than Zuber in the Piquet Sports-racer - by a mere 8 hundredths of a second.
"One has to be satisfied with such a result even if more might have been possible. For I had a lot of traffic during the first two laps, therefore only the third one was my fastest. But everything is very close: di Grassi, for instance, is only two thousandths behind me. Which is why I really can't complain", explains Andreas Zuber.
One is also relieved at the Piquet Sports Team that the technical problems which had occured during the last races are under control. Zuber: "Equally important is that we have found a solution for the tyres that had worn off rather early on." A fact that is of importance on a circuit like the Hungaroring which is very tough on the tyres. There is just one little drawback for Andreas Zuber: "Tomorrow I'll have to take up the race from the dirty side of the circuit. But if the start is okay anything is possible."
The main goal for the Styrian tomorrow is, of course, to score the first victory this GP2-season - after second place at the sprint race of Hockenheim.
Qualifying-result GP2 Budapest
1. Romain Grosjean (Fra) 1:27,782
2. Andreas Zuber (Aut) +0,082
3. Luca di Grassi (Bra) +0,084
4. Vitaly Petrov (Rus) +0,253
5. Karun Chandhok (Ind) +0,280
6. Mike Conway (GB) +0,341
7. Giorgio Pantano (Ita) +0,421
8. Bruno Senna (Bra) +0,455
Driver-overall ranking GP2 (after twelve of 20 runs)
1. Giorgio Pantano 63 points, 2. Bruno Senna 48 points, 3. Romain Grosjean 34 points, 4. Lucas Di Grassi 28 points, 5. Karun Chandhok 26 points, 6. Giorgio Parente 26 points, 7. Sebastien Buemi 25 points, 8. Andreas Zuber 24 points.
GP 2 program in Budapest:
Saturday, August 2
16,00- 17,20 1st run over 42 laps
Sunday, August 3
10,30 - 11,20 2nd run over 28 laps
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