Italian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
September 12 2010
The AT&T Williams team reviews qualifying for the 2010 Italian Grand Prix, a session that saw both Williams cars finish in the top ten.
| Williams Italian GP Qualifying Review: |
| A well balanced Monza-specific aero package enabled the AT&T Williams team to make a positive start to the Italian GP this weekend, momentum that Nico Hulkenberg and Rubens Barrichello managed to carry through into qualifying this afternoon, putting both cars into the top ten for the fifth time this season. In the event, Nico was just pipped to 7th place by a hundredth of a second, while Rubens closed out the top ten in tight session. |
Rubens Barrichello:  "It’s
been quite difficult for me to find an ideal set-up here despite the
fact that at I am at home on this track as I won here last year. I think
we hoped for better, around P7, which should have been possible, but we
have not quite optimised our potential so far. However, the race still
provides plenty of opportunity tomorrow and I am sure we have the
possibility of a good result."
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Nico Hulkenberg:  "It
was a very, very positive qualifying and I really enjoyed driving here
today – the car feels good, I really enjoy the track, so you might call
it harmony! This gave me a lot of confidence and meant I was able to put
in a mega lap in Q3, even though I could have been quicker in sector 1.
Overall I am really pleased and I must thank the factory who developed a
great aero package that works well on the straights for top speed, but
is also perfectly balanced under cornering. This afternoon’s performance
means I am now really looking forward to the prospect of the race
tomorrow."
|
Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "Nico
has done an excellent job throughout all the practice and qualifying
sessions this weekend. He's starting the race in a good position to
score points tomorrow. Rubens couldn't get the same lap together as Nico
this afternoon, so we're looking through that now, but we expect both to
be solid in the race tomorrow. We had no mechanical problems today."
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Monza, Italy |
Weather: Sunny | ||||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
F Alonso |
Ferrari |
- |
- |
1:21.962 |
|
2 |
J Button | McLaren |
- |
- |
1:22.084 |
|
3 |
F Massa |
Ferrari |
- |
- |
1:22.293 |
| 7 |
N Hulkenberg FW32-01 CA223 |
AT&T Williams | 1:23.516 (9th) | 1:22.989 (8th) | 1:23.037 |
| 10 |
R Barrichello |
AT&T Williams | 1:23.695 (11th) | 1:23.142 (10th) | 1:23.328 |
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Italian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 12/09/2010 01:56
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