Italian GP : Another disappointing race for Williams
Pastor Maldonado
By Andrew Hooper
September 11 2011
The 2011 Italian Grand Prix would be another disappointing race for the AT&T Williams F1 team with Pastor Maldonado andf Rubens Barrichello finish in 11th and 12th. For the Williams team it was unfortunate to see Rubens involved in a first corner accident. Pastor was up to sixth early on in the race but his overall pace was such that he was not able to maintain the pace to keep him in the points. Another disappointing day for Williams.
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For the fifty
three lap 2011 Italian Grand Prix the AT&T Williams drivers Rubens
Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado would start from thirteenth and fourteenth.
For this race there would be two DRS zones with the detection occurring at
the Lesmos and Parabolica. This would allow the drivers to use their DRS on
the following straights. The day was very hot as the drivers prepared for
their parade lap. In the top ten ninth placed Rosberg would start on the
medium tyre. For the Williams team both Rubens and Pastor would start on the
soft tyre. Tenth placed Senna was also on the harder medium tyre. The cars
would move off and would start their parade lap. Vettel was leading with Hamilton second
followed by Button, Alonso, Webber, Massa, Petrov, and Schumacher in eighth.
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Hamilton was third with
Schumacher now fourth, followed by Massa, Button, Pastor, and Di Resta.
Pastor had been able to pass the Force India. At the first chicane Webber
would make a mistake and hit the rear of Massa damaging his front wing. At
the front Vettel had been able to pass Alonso after a brave move on Alonso.
With Webber and Massa's accident Pastor was now up to sixth. Trying to get
back to the pits with no front wing Webber would go off at the Parabolica
ending his race while Schumacher was attacking second placed Alonso. Lap six
and Vettel was now 2.8 seconds in front of Alonso. Schumacher was third from
Hamilton, Button, Pastor, Perez, Di Resta, Massa, and Alguersuari in tenth.
In sixth Pastor was running by himself while Hamilton was looking for a way
past Schumacher. As he started lap ten Vettel had extended his lead out to
5.1 seconds over Alonso. Massa had been able to close the gap to Pastor and would easily pass the Williams at the frist chicane. Pastor was now in seventh some 2.5 seconds ahead of Perez in eighth. Sutil would retire at the side of the track leaving just seventeen runners. Rubens was now down in sixteenth but was 11.8 seconds behind Glock. Hamilton would finally pass Schumacher under braking at the first chicane. But Schumacher was able to use his straight line speed to easily get back past Hamilton. Perez was closing the gap to Pastor while at the front Vettel continued to put in fastest laps. Di Resta would pit on lap fourteenth while Button was now right behind team-mate Hamilton. Perez was now just 1.6 seconds behind Pastor and was half a second per lap faster than Pastor. Sixth placed Massa had opened up a seven second gap to Pastor such was the lack of pace from the Williams. Hamilton would try to pass Schumacher but would end up on the the grass at the Curve Grande. This would see Button pas Hamilton and then Button would also pass Schumacher going into Ascari. |
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Schumacher would pit on lap
seventeen joined by twelfth placed Buemi. Button would pit the next lap
coming back out on the soft tyre. Senna was attacking tenth placed Kobayashi
as Hamilton pitted on lap nineteen. Kobayashi would also pit seeing Senna
tenth. Pastor now had Perez right behind him but it would be Alguersuari who
would pass both of them. Alonso would pit on lap twenty joined by Pastor and
Senna. With their stops Hamilton would come back out behind Schumacher.
Vettel would pit on lap twenty one with eighth placed Alguersuari also
coming in. Hamilton would be complaining about the number of blocking moves
that Schumacher was making defending his place. Lap twenty two and Massa
would pit from third with Kovalainen also coming in. Pastor was now tenth
while Rubens was in fifteenth. Vettel would continue to lead setting another fastest lap on lap twenty two. Alonso was second with Button third. Schumacher would be told on the radio by Ross Brawn to "leave room at Ascari". Kobayashi had retired at the side of the track on the run down to the Parabolica. In seventh Perez had yet to pit while Pastor would lose tenth to Buemi going into the first corner. Senna was also closing in onto Pastor as Schumacher was again told by Ross Brawn to leave room for the car following. Hamilton was able to finally get past Schumacher going into Ascari. With Pastor now eleventh Rubens was now in thirteenth but some nineteen seconds behind twelfth and had been lapped. Button had started to attack second placed Alonso. Senna would get past Pastor on the run down the main straight. So now we had the Williams cars in twelfth and thirteenth as Alguersuari passed Di Resta for eighth. Di Resta would pit on lap thirty two as Rubens would have Alonso and Button coming past him. |
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Rubens and Button would pit on
lap thirty four with Alonso and Hamilton pitting the next lap. Perez would
retire off the track seeing Pastor now back in tenth. Vettel would also pit
the next lap taking on the medium tyre. Pastor was 2.9 seconds behind ninth
placed Senna and thirteen seconds ahead of eleventh placed Di Resta. Button
would pass Alonso in the run between the first and second chicanes.
Kovalainen would pit from twelfth while at the front Vettel would be leading
second placed Schumacher, but Schumacher would pit on lap thirty eight. He
would take on the medium tyre coming out behind Hamilton. Pastor would pit
from tenth on lap thirty eight ending any hope of scoring even a single point. Di
Resta was back in tenth while Pastor would join Rubens in been lapped. At
the front Vettel was leading Button by 16.0 seconds with Alonso running
close behind Button. Pastor and Rubens weer now in eleventh and twelfth.
Massa was in fourth followed by Hamilton, Schumacher, Alguersuari, Buemi,
Senna, and Di Resta in tenth. Buemi and Senna would pit on lap forty two while Massa would also come in. Alguersuari would also pit from seventh while for Williams, even with all the pit stops, Pastor and Rubens remained in eleventh and twelfth. Senna was attacking Buemi for ninth as Hamilton started to close the gap to third placed Alonso. Senna would pass Buemi under braking at the first corner. Senna had been able to use his DRS to good effect. Hamilton would continue to close in onto Alonso as the final laps counted down but he would run out of laps, despite getting right behind the Ferrari. Vettel would start his final lap and would go on to take victory in the 2011 Italian Grand Prix. Button was second from Alonso, Hamilton, Schumacher, Massa, Alguersuari, Di Resta, Senna, and Buemi. For the AT&T Williams team it was unfortunate to see Rubens involved in the first corner accident. But Pastor was up to sixth early on in the race but his overall pace was such that he was not able to maintain the pace to keep him in the points. Another disappointing day for Williams. |
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Pos Driver Team Time 1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h20:46.172 2. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 9.590 3. Alonso Ferrari + 16.909 4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 17.471 5. Schumacher Mercedes + 32.677 6. Massa Ferrari + 42.993 7. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 8. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap 9. Senna Renault + 1 lap 10. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap 11. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap 12. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap 13. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1 lap 14. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 2 laps 15. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps Fastest lap: Hamilton, 1:26.187 Not classified/retirements: Driver Team On lap Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 40 Perez Sauber-Ferrari 34 Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 23 Sutil Force India-Mercedes 11 Webber Red Bull-Renault 6 D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 3 Petrov Renault 1 Rosberg Mercedes 1 Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1 |
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Who else is there? Not Sutil, thats for sure.
I can't see any real possibility to hire a driver which could make a difference for 2012.
There's always some bloody reason why he had a@#$%&weekend. Come on. You make your own luck.