Chinese GP: Williams Race Review
By Williams F1 Team
April 19 2010
The AT&T Williams team reviews the 2010 CHinese Grand Prix, a race that produced a disappointing result for the team.
| Williams Chinese GP Race Review |
| A rain-affected Chinese Grand Prix delivered an unsatisfactory result for the AT&T Williams team at the Shanghai International Circuit this afternoon. Light drizzle at the start of the race quickly turned into continuous rain, which ultimately compromised the team’s strategy and led to a series of pit stops for both drivers to counter the conditions. At the conclusion of the 56 lap race, neither driver had made it into the points, with Rubens Barrichello finishing in 12th and Nico Hulkenberg in P15. |
Rubens Barrichello:
 "The race didn’t go as planned. I was called into the pits for the intermediate tyres early on, it was a hard call and the race developed from there. I think we made good calls after that but by that time it was too late to recover." |
Nico Hulkenberg:  "It
was a tough race and obviously not very satisfying for the team. Looking
at the positives, it was good experience for me to complete the full
race distance and experience all of the different conditions that we
faced today. In particular, it was helpful to see how the car and tyres
handled and we now have some good data for any races which might be
similar in the future. Results-wise, though, this is nowhere near close
enough to where we want to be."
|
Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1: "It
was disappointing not to score points today with either car. Some of the
calls on our pit stops were wrong, some were right, but overall we
weren't fast enough and didn't make the right decisions. Rubens made a
good start so we have improved in that area since Malaysia. We’re now
looking ahead to Barcelona to take a step forward with our performance." |
|
Shanghai International Circuit,
China |
Weather: Rain | |||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Time (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
|
1 |
J Button |
McLaren |
1:46:42.163 (1:42.886, 4th) |
5 |
|
2 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren |
+1.530 (1:42.061, 1st) |
6 |
|
3 |
N Rosberg |
Mercedes |
+9.484 (1:43.245, 5th) |
4 |
| 12 |
N HULKENBERG FW32-01 CA125 |
AT&T Williams | +63.665 (1:45.559, 14th) | 11 |
|
15 |
R BARRICHELLO |
AT&T Williams |
+1 lap (1:44.549, 12th) |
16 |
 |
Chinese GP: Williams Race Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 19/04/2010 13:02
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