Honda Montesa Trials Team members Toni Bou, Laia Sanz and Takahisa Fujinami with Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button attend 2008 European GP, Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia, Spain.

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After the promise of yesterday afternoon’s free practice session, in which Jenson Button set the third fastest time, today’s qualifying session in Valencia ended in disappointment for the Honda Racing F1 Team. Jenson and his team-mate Rubens Barrichello will start tomorrow’s European Grand Prix in 16th and 19th positions respectively.

Timo Glock during qualifying in Valencia

"I don't know what went wrong but I just didn't get the lap together in the second session and that was that. We definitely had the chance to be higher, in the top ten, but it was a difficult qualifying in the end. For me the prime tyres seemed to work better but I struggled to get temperature into the tyres in the first sector of my last lap in Q2. So it was just not my day today. I had a heavy cold overnight and didn't feel particularly well, but no excuses. I think the car was good enough but it just didn't work out. Of course we will do our best to make up positions tomorrow. There could be safety car periods so we will aim to make the most of our freedom with the strategy."