Indianapolis Motor Speedway 04 SAP United States Grand Prix 20/06/2004   19/06/2004 West McLaren Mercedes Qualifying Report   West McLaren Mercedes Qualifying Report West McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen will start tomorrow's United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from seventh position after setting a fastest time of 1:11.137. Team mate David Coulthard's time of 1:12.026 puts him 12th. Kimi Raikkonen: "We did better than expected as the car has been quite difficult to handle so far this weekend. However we managed to find a good balance and an overall improvement in time for qualifying, which is what it's all about, so overall I'm pleased. It will be a difficult race tomorrow, but we have a strong strategy and will do our best, so hopefully we will be reliable and score some points." David Coulthard: "I was reasonable happy with the balance of the car in the first run. We didn't make any changes between sessions, so I was a little bit surprised when the car felt different. I got out of shape in the corners and used more traction control which just soaks up the time. It will be a tough race tomorrow, and a lot will depend on track temperature." Ron Dennis: "Whilst our forward progress is somewhat slow we are nevertheless moving forward. We feel that we have a good race strategy, which could give us a few more points." Norbert Haug: "A good lap by Kimi and a reasonable basis for the race. The gap between fifth and ninth is just over a tenth of a second, so it will be interesting to see tomorrow's strategies." Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport