De la Rosa: “The team worked very well”

A 21st place but above all a placing that will see him start ahead of Caterham e Marussia. The HRT driver has something to be satisfied with Peter of the Rose at the end of the qualifications of Japanese Grand Prix on stage at Suzuka.

“Today I tried to give my best and I'm happy with how it went: the team did a fantastic job and the car set-up improved considerably”, declared the Spanish driver.

“In qualifying I did two good laps, the second was even better, almost perfect. Tomorrow I will start in front of Caterham and Marussia, this is already a success, even more so on a circuit like this – explained de la Rosa who, in fact, closed in front of the Marussia di Charles Pic and Caterham di Vitaly Petrov -. We must be more than happy with what we did and tomorrow in the race we will have to give everything. The important thing is to have a good pace, take care of the tires and finish well."he concluded.

The other HRT driver, Narain karthikeyan, finished qualifying in 24th position. “It wasn't a good qualifying session for me – explained the Indian pilot – and I know the car can do much better, so tomorrow we will try to achieve more"he commented.

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