David reflecting in Malaysia

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MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX

Final Qualifying Saturday 11th October 2003

DAVID DE GEA: 22nd 2.06.941

"I pushed hard during this afternoons session and I am happy with the result, a big improvement since yesterday. The settings on the bike are good and I am beginning to understand this bike and how to get the best from it.

For sure we always want a little bit more but I am happy that everything is working well and I should have a good race."

CHRIS BURNS: 24th 2.08.675

"I had a lot of trouble in the last ten minutes or so of the session when we put on the qualifiers. I tried three qualifiers and I just could not get any grip at all. At least we know we have good race tyres for tomorrow and we all know it¹s the race that counts.

I am feeling really good, really looking forward to it. We had no problems during
that session so hopefully I will put in a good race tomorrow."

PETER CLIFFORD ­ (Team Manager)

"A really great effort from the whole team in the last two days. We may not be as close time wise to some of the others as we would like but the length and nature of this track exaggerates the situation.

I think if Chris had enjoyed using the qualifying tyres more, he would have ended up with a far better time then recorded.

We will have to work out if we have to do something different with the bike in the future or whether it's a case of him getting us to the qualifiers."