Italian GP: Williams Race Review
By Williams F1 Team
September 12 2010
The AT&T Williams team reviews the 2010 Italian GP a race that saw the team secure a valuable double-points finish.
| Williams Italian GP Race Review |
| The AT&T Williams team secured a valuable double-points finish in the Italian GP today. Nico Hulkenberg, capitalising on his a strong qualifying performance yesterday, led the team home in a tightly-fought race to P7. His team-mate, Rubens Barrichello, suffered from an early incident, dropping him back into slower traffic and with the field running long first stints, had to wait for an extended period to be released in the pitstops and recover ground. With only a third of race distance remaining, Rubens managed to secure the final points position by finishing in tenth. |
Rubens Barrichello:
 "I had a good start off the line and was alongside Nico, but coming into the first turn, I took the outside line and we all bunched up behind Vettel who had a bad start – it is so tight there – and I lost a part of my nose. But perhaps more significantly, I dropped behind Buemi who was running long, and that pretty much dictated my race, but I am glad that I added a point to our championship position." |
Nico Hulkenberg:  "It
was a tough day, but a rewarding one. I lost position off the start
line, but managed to recover two places in the first chicane. From then
on, I seemed to be fighting one or other of the Red Bulls for the whole
afternoon, and there wasn’t a moment when there was any let up in the
pressure. It was made all the more difficult as I was struggling with
the brake pedal, but it was an exciting afternoon of attacking and
defending with great work in the pitstop, so I am pleased with the
outcome."
|
Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1: "Nico
had an excellent drive today and delivered throughout the weekend and
the team is really happy with his performance. Rubens was stuck in
traffic for most of the race which cost him dearly, but he did manage to
score a point. We had no problems on either car today and it was good to
see us running competitively with the front runners." |
|
Monza, Italy |
Weather: Sunny | |||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Time (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
|
1 |
F Alonso |
Ferrari |
1:16:24.572 (1:24.139, 1st) |
1 |
|
2 |
J Button |
McLaren |
+2.938 (1:24.598, 8th) |
2 |
|
3 |
F Massa |
Ferrari |
+4.223 (1:24.575, 6th) |
3 |
| 7 |
N HULKENBERG FW32-01 CA223 |
AT&T Williams | +32.812 (1:24.576, 7th) | 8 |
| 10 |
R BARRICHELLO FW32-04 CA222 |
AT&T Williams | +64.213 (1:25.239, 14th) | 10 |
 |
Italian GP: Williams Race Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 12/09/2010 16:31
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