Spanish GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
May 8 2010
The AT&T Williams team reviews qualifying for the 2010 Spanish Grand Prix.
| Williams Spanish GP Qualifying Review: |
| Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya delivered an unrewarding qualifying result for AT&T Williams today. The team were unable to capitalise on Nico Hulkenberg’s competitive Q1 pace, falling short of a place in the top ten and leaving Nico in P13 on the grid for tomorrow’s race. For the first time this season, Rubens Barrichello was unable to make it past Q1 and will start the Spanish Grand Prix on the ninth row in P18. |
Rubens Barrichello:  "Unfortunately,
I didn’t have a clear run during any of my outings; I just kept getting
caught out by traffic. It’s going to happen to everyone at some stage
this season; it was obviously just my turn today. It’s disappointing
because I thought we had a shot at Q3 this afternoon. I was also
carrying some car damage from stones thrown up by other cars which we
will have to fix tonight."
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Nico Hulkenberg:  "Personally,
I’m happy with my qualifying laps. We are of course aiming higher than
P13, but that is where our performance is at the moment. I went off in
Q1 which caused some minor damage to the car but the mechanics fixed it
really quickly, and thanks to everyone at the factory who worked so hard
to get the updates out in time for my qualifying session."
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Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "Overall,
that wasn’t a good qualifying performance for the team. Rubens failed to
make it out of Q3 after issues with traffic, while we were unable to
convert Nico’s pace in Q1 to take him through Q2 and into the top ten.
We'll look at the data to understand why and work on further
improvements."
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Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona |
Weather: Warm | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
M Webber |
Red Bull |
- |
- |
1:19.995 |
|
2 |
S Vettel | Red Bull |
- |
- |
1:20.101 |
|
3 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren |
- |
- |
1:20.829 |
| 13 |
N Hulkenberg FW32-03 CA123 |
AT&T Williams | 1:22.857 (15th) | 1:22.131 | - |
| 18 |
R Barrichello |
AT&T Williams | 1:23.125 | - | - |
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Spanish GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 08/05/2010 15:35
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Re: Spanish GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: GroveF1 (IP Logged)
Date: 08/05/2010 16:32
JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH - NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY AND GLOSS IT OVER!!!
Re: Spanish GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: crusty_bread (IP Logged)
Date: 08/05/2010 19:12
Hülkenberg went much faster in Q2 than in Q1. I don't understand Sam Michael's comment. Was the Hülk on the harder tyres in Q1?
Re: Spanish GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: pgj (IP Logged)
Date: 08/05/2010 19:44
I think Sam is not blaming Nico for making the mistake.
Williams and proud of it.
Williams and proud of it.
Re: Spanish GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: crusty_bread (IP Logged)
Date: 08/05/2010 19:53
Are they saying that the Hülk could have gone faster in Q2 had he not gone off in Q1?
Re: Spanish GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: pgj (IP Logged)
Date: 08/05/2010 20:10
He made a mistake on his last hot lap in Q2. By saying 'we' I think that Sam is avoiding putting any blame on Nico at all.
I also think that Sam is saying that the car was good enough for Q3.
Williams and proud of it.
I also think that Sam is saying that the car was good enough for Q3.
Williams and proud of it.
Re: Spanish GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: crusty_bread (IP Logged)
Date: 08/05/2010 20:47
Then Nico's mistake is the best bit of news I have heard all day.
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