Weather
FP3: Dry, sunny; min / max track temp 34° - 36°, air temp 25° - 27°
Q1: Dry, sunny; min / max track temp 40° - 41°, air temp 27°
Fastest laps / positions:
FP3: PIC 1.38.821, 20th / VDG 1.39.652, 22nd
Q1: PIC 1.39.614, 21st / VDG 1.39.660, 22nd
Total laps:
FP3: PIC 18 / VDG 18
Q1: PIC 6 / VDG 6
Runplan
Giedo van der Garde, car #21, chassis CT03-05
FP3
1103 - 1117: Run 1, 7 lap (medium tyres)
Changes: rear camber
1128 - 1139: Run 2, 6 laps (medium tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle
1152 - 1201: Run 3, 5 laps (soft tyres)
Q1
1409 - 1415: Run 1, 3 laps (soft tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle
1417 - 1423: Run 2, 3 laps (soft tyres)
Driver quotes
Giedo van der Garde: "After two productive sessions yesterday I just couldn't get the same feeling from the car in FP3 and that carried over into qualifying. Like Charles, I've had quite a few small problems in each session and together they've held us back quite a bit. We're struggling to understand the tyre behaviour here and when the track temps went up today it was like having to start again with our understanding of how to get them working. My final position in quali is obviously disappointing, particularly as I made a mistake in turn two on my second run, pushing too hard into the corner and that cost me about four tenths. Without that I'd have finished a bit higher up the grid but now we have to focus on tomorrow's race and aim for the same sort of performance we put in at the last race in Malaysia."
Caterham (shortened)
Circuito Permanente de Jerez – February 5 - Giedo: 1:21.915 - 64 laps
