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Juan Pablo Montoya has admitted that ninth in qualifying was a better outcome than he has expected, after he struggled with a lack of grip for most of the Nurburgring weekend.

Juan Pablo Montoya claims that he suffered from the same tyre flat-spotting that afflicted McLaren team-mate Kimi Raikkonen at the Nurburgring, but managed to avoid the same fate as the Finn, who crashed out of the lead on the final lap.