Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two


By Williams F1 Team
February 9 2012

A transcript of an interview conducted by the Williams F1 team with Pastor Maldonado on the second day of the teams Jerez test.

 
 Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
 

Q: Impressions of the car?
PM: So the car I was quite impressed from yesterday. Today I can reconfirm that. We did nearly all our program, nearly a hundred laps. so I am very happy for that. Everything was working good in the car and we were progressing during the day.

The feeling is positive, everything is good. The car feel compact with the engine, gearbox everything so I am looking forward.

Q: What about the car balance?
PM: The car balance is really stable ah for sure we need to improve. We did a couple of tests in terms of setup but there is a lot of freedom to improve. We are very optimistic.

Q: No understeer or oversteer?
PM: Very neutral car so happy for that as well. For sure We need to keep pushing to analyse more the car with the different compound. But ah I can say that the car is very compact, we tried some hard compounds and today soft and mediums and I can
understand the car, the car is easy to understand. There is a lot of windows to improve. It is easy to drive , ah very neutral not too much oversteer or understeer..

Q: Can I ask a little bit more on tyre wear. Do you long runs on the medium, did it drop off very quickly. How did the car use the tyre?
PM: I was quite surprised today with the longer run.

Q: How many laps was the long run?
PM: Nearly twenty. I was very consistent, so I was very happy with that. Even the tyres look pretty consistent, which is important to know for the races in the future.

Q: That was a big progress from last year?
PM: Yes I am happy for that. At the beginning of last year we were completely in a bad situation in terms of durability and consistantency.

Q: There was a few niggly problems yesterday, that they needed to be resolved, had they been resolved?
PM: No problem today. We had just stopped to check the car at midday. There were no problems we just wanted to check the car. When
everything is new it is easy to have issues.

PM: We are analysing the difference between the last year and this year but I can say that we are happy with the improvement. Today we have more experience with the car. The car is responding well to changes, adapted to my driving style. Everything is positive.

Q: In which way is the car changed from last year?
PM: The car is completely different. It is more stable under braking. Even in the quick corners it is really stable.

Q: You never run on lower fuel
PM: We were always in a good range of fuel.

 

Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 09/02/2012 09:25

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Re: Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
Posted by: J4ck (IP Logged)
Date: 09/02/2012 09:33

then good news from jerez

Re: Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
Posted by: Gwanni (IP Logged)
Date: 09/02/2012 09:40

no understeer and oversteer that is some news

Re: Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
Posted by: crusty_bread (IP Logged)
Date: 09/02/2012 09:58

stability under braking and tyre wear were two issues mentioned with the FW33. Looks like Pastor was listening after-all. thumbs down

Re: Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
Posted by: Andrew Hooper (IP Logged)
Date: 09/02/2012 11:15

Pastor is not the easiest of people to transcribe when you listen to him. smiling smiley

Re: Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
Posted by: mayhemfunkster (IP Logged)
Date: 09/02/2012 12:24

Andrew...you did that? Very impressed then thumbs down. Pastor is a tad inscrutable at the best of times!

Re: Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
Posted by: Pancho Pepe (IP Logged)
Date: 09/02/2012 17:48

It does look like we have gotten the tire degradation under control.

Pastor is right regarding the consistency of the 20 lap stint as compared with last year.

Such consistency out of the box is encouraging !!!

It would be marvelous if we could get Sauber-like tire degradation this year.

"For sure" Pastor ain't the easiest guy to transcribe. Fortunately, F1 folks are all used to very different accents and I'm sure there are no major communication problems with the engineers.

I remember Alonso in Minardi... boy talk about thick accent !!!

Re: Q & A Pastor Maldonado Jerez Test Day Two
Posted by: j-s (IP Logged)
Date: 09/02/2012 18:33

I'm especially encouraged by the car's stability in fast corners. Hopefully it's a car to refine and improve throughout the season, instead of one to fix and ultimately stash.

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