Brazilian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
November 7 2010
The AT&T Williams team looks back at qualifying for the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix, where team driver Nico Hulkenberg secured pole position.
| Williams Brazilian GP Qualifying Review: |
| The AT&T Williams team celebrated Nico Hulkenberg’s maiden pole position today, claimed following a storming drive at Brazil’s Interlagos circuit in difficult conditions. The result marks the team’s first pole since the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in 2005 and the first in one hundred races. Rubens Barrichello concluded a successful day for the team as he claimed the sixth quickest time of the session in front of a home crowd. |
Rubens Barrichello:  "I
am truly happy for the team; it’s been a wonderful afternoon for us. We
have a pole position, just not with me! I am thrilled for Nico though.
In these conditions, you need to keep temperatures up in the tyres, but
I had a car in front of me going a bit slow so I lost temperature and
went off. I’m pleased with P6, it’s still a strong place to start the
race from."
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Nico Hulkenberg:  "I
didn’t expect to be on pole today but the team gave me a car that worked
really well in these conditions and I hooked up a tidy lap. My engineer
came over the radio and told me I was on pole, but I couldn’t quite
believe it. It’s such an amazing feeling. We have to stay realistic for
the race, and I’m aware that there are drivers behind me fighting for
the championship, but we are fighting for position and we will be doing
everything we can to get a good result. For now, thanks to AT&T Williams
for giving me a really great car today; I’m just so happy and I want to
enjoy the moment with the team!"
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Patrick Head, Director of
Engineering "That
was a fantastic qualifying for the team; and for Nico and his engineers
in particular. I think we saw something pretty special from him today.
He did three timed laps on dry tyres, with his pole time over a second
quicker than anyone else’s. Rubens also drove well to sixth, a good
starting point for the race."
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Autodromo Carlos Pace, Interlagos |
Weather: Sporadic rain | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
| 1 |
N Hulkenberg FW32-01 CA221 |
AT&T Williams | 1:20.050 (11th) | 1:19.144 (8th) | 1:14.470 |
|
1 |
S Vettel |
Red Bull |
- |
- |
1:15.519 |
|
2 |
M Webber | Red Bull |
- |
- |
1:15.637 |
| 6 |
R Barrichello |
AT&T Williams | 1:19.799 (7th) | 1:18.925 (6th) | 1:16.203 |
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Brazilian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
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Date: 07/11/2010 05:42
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