Sauber, Monisha Kaltenborn, CEO: “We are very satisfied with the qualifying result”

The Sauber drivers, Kobayashi and Perez, achieved the ninth and thirteenth times respectively in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix on the Monza circuit.

Kamui Kobayashi – 9: “Well we don't have the same pace here as last week in Spa, and that made qualifying tough. Having said that, I am happy to have achieved the first objective, which was to put us in Q3. Friday was quite difficult, because a mechanical problem prevented me from doing the mileage I would have liked, and this is also why you can't really make any predictions about how the race will go. I lack experience on long runs. After the third free practice session this morning we changed the car's settings quite a bit and this paid off in qualifying. However, it was a shame that I couldn't improve on my second lap during the final attempt. I want to get a good result in tomorrow's race. ”

Sergio Perez – 13: “We knew it would be difficult to make the top ten today, but I fought hard. We've improved the car quite a bit since Friday, but I'm clearly not quite as fast as in Belgium. In my last attempt in Q2 unfortunately I was driving too close behind Bruno Senna and couldn't improve my lap time. I lost two tenths in the first sector. The tire compounds here are very similar and we don't expect high degradation, but in the end, given the high temperatures, you never know. I am very optimistic of scoring good points here in tomorrow's race.”

Monisha Kaltenborn, CEO: “We are very satisfied with the qualifying result, because we knew that the characteristics of the Monza track would be a challenge for our car, however, we are in a good starting position and are looking forward to a good race. ”