#20 Mike Conway,   10th place#21 Ho Pin Tung,     16th placeThe 2008 GP2 Main Series got officially underway yesterday at Barcelona. The first qualifying session determined the starting line-up for tomorrow`s Race 1. Mike Conway scored the 10th fastest lap, in a session slowed by many yellow flag situation and stopped by a red. The interruption fractioned the 30 minutes available, penalizing several drivers. Ho Pin Tung ended up in 16th, without a huge margin from the top-10. Trident Racing is now concentrating on the race, starting tomorrow at 16:00. The team will be trying to score the maximum amount of points in order to have a good starting position for Race 2.Mike Conway"We didn`t have too much luck today, since we lost a handful of minutes due to an overheating issue, and then I was unable to find a clean lap with no traffic. We decided to mount a second set of fresh tires, but right after I took off from the pit-lane, race control exposed the red flag for an accident happened moments before. I`m pretty satisfied with the situation we have now, though we are not probably ready to battle for pole yet. We made huge steps forward since this winter`s testing, and we`re in the leading pack. Tomorrow`s race will be very tricky, but I`m persuaded we`ll be able to score valuable points".Ho Pin Tung"I`m sorry for not having managed to put together my best potential lap. Looking at my split times, it`s evident that I could have reached the top-10. Unfortunately, the session itself was marred by a lot of chaos, in the final minutes a yellow flag and some oil forced me to lose three tenths of a second. I`m really satisfied with the progress we made with the car, that was very driveable today. I`m looking forward to tomorrow`s race: I hope to improve my position immediately, since in the GP2 Asia I proved to be good at the start".Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Managing Director"Today`s qualifying was marred by several interruptions that eventually made our job very difficult. The drivers that were able to find themselves on-track with new tires at the right time had the chance to score good laptimes. That wasn`t ultimately possible for Mike and Ho Pin. Mike had the right potential to enter the top-5, but he was penalized by a 5-minute delay due to a technical problem and heavily conditioned by a red flag. We eventually have a good starting base for tomorrow. Even in the case of Ho-Pin Tung, we had a final result that doesn`t respect the team`s true potential. He had a good run on the first sector, but the oil left on-track by another car prevented him from taking a top-10 position".