British GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By AT&T Williams F1 Team
July 9 2011
The AT&T Williams F1 team looks back at their qualifying for the 2011 British Grand Prix.
| Williams British GP Qualifying Review: |
| Pastor Maldonado claimed his best qualifying position of the year for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix, putting his Williams Cosworth FW33 seventh on the grid with a time of 1:31.933 in his debut qualifying at Silverstone. A brief shower at the end of Q1 resulted in the remaining field jostling for track position in Q2, with times tumbling as the circuit dried out. Rubens Barrichello’s final run of Q2 was hampered by traffic and so he will start 15th on the grid for the team’s home Grand Prix. |
Rubens Barrichello:  "I
had traffic at the end of my first timed lap in Q2 which damaged my
second timed lap as well. When a track like this is drying out you can
lose everything so it’s very unfortunate that happened. We need to see
what the weather is going to do tomorrow but I think the car is a lot
better than our qualifying position shows and the team have done a good
job."
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Pastor Maldonado:  "Our
car is working well and we gave a good performance today. It is
Williams’ home race so I’m happy for the team. I’m quite confident and
really looking forward to tomorrow as I always enjoy racing at
Silverstone. The circuit with its quick corners suits our car so let’s
see what happens."
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Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "It
was good to have one car in the top ten today. We ran all the new parts
on both cars – the exhaust, diffuser, front wing and suspension, which
is always rewarding and gives the factory a clear direction for the
forthcoming races. We're running to the FIA's 10% throttle requirement
here which is something that will be reviewed again before Nürburgring.
Seventh was a great result for Pastor in conditions that were more
difficult than usual, and he's now in a strong position for the start of
the race. Rubens was on it as well, but track conditions didn't go his
way this afternoon."
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Silverstone Circuit, England |
Weather: Sunshine & Showers | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
M Webber |
Red Bull |
1:32.670 |
1:31.673 |
1:30.399 |
|
2 |
S Vettel |
Red Bull |
1:32.977 |
1:32.379 |
1:30.431 |
|
3 |
F Alonso |
Ferrari |
1:32.986 |
1:31.727 |
1:30.516 |
| 7 |
P Maldonado FW33 03 CA324 |
AT&T Williams | 1:32.702 (2nd) | 1:32.588 (10th) | 1:31.933 |
| 15 |
R Barrichello |
AT&T Williams | 1:33.532 (6th) | 1:33.119 | - |
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British GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 09/07/2011 15:42
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Re: British GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: Xerro (IP Logged)
Date: 09/07/2011 15:57
We ran all the new pieces for once, awesome! Well done to the team. Maldonado did a fantastic lap, pity Rubens had traffic, i'm sure him and Maldonado would have been very close on pace. Best of luck to all tomorrow, hoping for a double points finish for the team.
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