Team Australia's Alex Tagliani and Will Power struggled to come to grips with track conditions in opening qualifying session for this weekend's Tecate Champ Car Grand Prix of Monterrey, Mexico. source: Team Australia At the end of the session Tagliani, who is still recovering from an accident in Houston last weekend, was seventh and Power was 14th. There will be another qualifying session tomorrow and a race on Sunday. Englishman Justin Wilson was quickest today from defending series champion Sebastian Bourdais and American AJ Allmendinger. WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.... Alex Tagliani # 15 Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Lola "We improved greatly from this morning in practice. I think we are still fighting in general the same characteristics of the car, but we were faster, and are headed in a good direction, we just need to keep working," said Tagliani, who gave Team Australia its first podium finish ever in Monterrey last year. "I think we know approximately what the issue is, we just have to try to find what we can do to fix it, and by tomorrow morning we will be in good shape. "In general we are in good we just need to find a little more speed." Will Power # 5 Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Lola "Qualifying was frustrating because I didn't get a real clear lap in," said Power. "The handling was alright, we need to work on a couple of things to make it better. "The track is different, there aren't any bumps, it's very smooth so there isn't any grip and if your car isn't right you'll really struggle. Tomorrow the track will be quicker and I think my car as well as myself will be quicker too."
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