Third free practice session

Weather: Sunshine but breezy

Dario Franchitti (Mercedes) 1st: "I've found a good set-up for Top
Qualifying but I'm not so sure about settings for the races."

Bernd Schneider (Mercedes) 2nd: "The car is okay. I'm more worried that
I could be kidnapped by Dario this evening. It's nice of him to let me
drive in the practice sessions and have some fun before he destroys my
title ambitions!"

Klaus Ludwig (Opel) 3rd: "At last I've been able to turn the potential
of the car into a fast lap time. I'm not sure whether we can beat the
Mercedes in Top Qualifying but my tyres are still good enough to produce
another fast lap."

Alessandro Nannini (Alfa Romeo) 4th: "I worked on my race set-up this
morning and did a 10 lap run. The car seems quite good but I think that
Mercedes might be too quick in Top Qualifying today."

Jorg van Ommen (Mercedes) 5th: "The car is more or less okay. It handles
well and I think that if I can make a good lap in Top Qualifying then I
will have a good race."

Yannick Dalmas (Opel) 7th: "We're getting close to the limit of the
car's potential. It is now quite tricky to drive, especially in the long
corners where it changes from understeer to oversteer and back again. I
used old tyres though and the times were very consistent - which is good
for the race."

Gabriele Tarquini (Alfa Romeo) 8th: "We managed to find a little more
speed this morning by making some small changes to the set-up of the
car, mainly in the suspension."

Manuel Reuter (Opel) 10th: "I only managed to complete three laps before
the differential started to leak quite badly. My back is hurting again,
worse than yesterday."

Stefano Modena (Alfa Romeo) 11th: "We changed everything - shock
absorbers, springs and aerodynamics - but we went the wrong way so we've
gone back to yesterday's settings."

Kurt Thiim (Mercedes) 12th: "We are making progress slowly but our
problem is a lack of grip. I've concentrated on improving the fast
corner set-up for the race."

Nicola Larini (Alfa Romeo) 15th: "This morning was not so good. There
was a misfire problem with the engine and it took a lot of time to find
out what was causing it."

JJ Lehto (Opel) 17th: "There's no grip at all and we don't know where
we can find some more downforce. I was quicker yesterday on harder
tyres..."

Michele Alboreto (Alfa Romeo) 22nd: "Everything is wrong. I don't know
what's going on with the car - it's just slow."