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Sauber: Kobayashi gets point after puncture | 2011 Spanish GP team review

23 May 2011 by Keith Collantine

Sauber ^[1] scored points with both cars for the first time this year.

The team had some aerodynamic changes on the C30 including revised front wings.

	Kamui Kobayashi ^[2]	Sergio Perez ^[3]
Qualifying position	14	12
Qualifying time comparison (Q2)	1?23.702 (+0.335)	1?23.367
Race position	10	9
Laps	65/66	65/66
Pit stops	3	3

Sauber drivers? lap times throughout the race (in seconds):

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2011drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61
Kamui Kobayashi	117.59	115.192	92.575	92.592	92.49	92.564	92.812	92.433	92.532	92.775	93.583	93.735	94.279	92.879	93.193	92.285	92.338	92.669	93.402	92.705	93.326	92.576	92.519	92.467	97.319	107.742	89.741	89.86	88.911	90.333	91.041	89.453	90.423	89.428	89.707	89.553	90.569	89.555	90.027	89.829	90.207	90.584	92.212	94.533	107.963	87.636	88.314	88.435	87.713	87.947	89.386	87.615	88.172	89.264	89.104	91.855	91.044	88.672	88.499	88.95	90.118
Sergio Perez	101.433	93.462	92.783	92.668	92.343	92.046	96.176	113.566	92.481	91.926	93.918	94.836	93.989	92.061	92.392	92.53	92.506	92.398	93.305	93.427	92.041	91.868	92.001	92.351	92.464	92.484	92.684	93.368	97.626	106.339	88.462	88.313	88.406	88.83	88.765	91.954	90.03	90.352	91.246	90.979	90.093	90.126	89.882	90.745	90.047	90.661	94.55	106.747	87.84	87.889	88.137	88.178	89.417	90.571	87.247	88.259	88.385	89.522	89.353	90.354	93.523

Kamui Kobayashi, Jenson Button, Barcelona, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi

Was frustrated after being held up in qualifying: ?On my last lap, when I was on new soft tyres, a Force India was in trouble in front of me, he made a mistake in turn ten and that was it for me. It is a shame because our new aero package is working well.?

He picked up a puncture in the first half of the opening lap. It?s not clear exactly what happened, but Kobayashi said: ?I was pushed into the gravel and then another car touched me, which resulted in a left rear puncture.

?I had to pit and was relegated to last, which of course cost us a very good set of the soft tyres.?

He did a 24-lap stint on the hard tyres before switching back to softs. After that he made up a lot of places, passing Vitaly Petrov ^[4] for 11th with ten laps to go, when became tenth after Felipe Massa retired.

Kamui Kobayashi 2011 form guide ^[5]

Sergio Perez

Perez scored his first points (that he was allowed to keep) after a trouble-free race.

The team took the decision to use the hard tyres for his second stint, leaving him free to attack on soft tyres over the final two stints.

His lap times dropped off towards the end of his final run on soft tyres which, at 19 laps, was much longer than many other drivers managed. But he was unable to keep Nick Heidfeld ^[6] from taking eighth.

Perez said: ?My first points in Formula One are obviously something special for me, and it is good for the team that Kamui also scored.

?The team had a very good race strategy and did a perfect job at the pit stops. I feel that for me today is a turning point in this season.?

Sergio Perez 2011 form guide ^[7]

2011 Spanish Grand Prix

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Image ? Sauber F1 Team