The Marussia F1 Team faced a difficult challenge in qualifying today as rain continued to fall at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace in Sao Paulo. The objective was to start tomorrow's race ahead of the Caterhams but the ‘dry' window was very narrow and both Jules and Max had time for only one lap of their first run before the track condition deteriorated, leaving little chance of improving their times. Jules' time of 1:28.366 put him in 21st place, although it was encouraging to note that he was just 0.04s shy of Van der Garde and had lost 0.6s at the end of the lap due to a mistake, which at least indicates that the Team can enjoy a good race with the Caterhams tomorrow. Max was 22nd...
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