Singapore GP: Williams F1 Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
September 22 2013
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Qualifying Notes • Valtteri Bottas qualified 16th with Pastor Maldonado 18th for tomorrow’s Singapore Grand Prix. • Both drivers went out on the supersoft tyre for their second runs in Q1, with Pastor unable to progress into Q2. • Valtteri drove a clean lap in Q2 posting a time of 1:45.388 on the supersoft tyre. |
Pastor Maldonado:  "We
have been struggling with the car since the first practice session this
weekend and it is very tricky to drive. We couldn’t make the tyres work
today and I suffered from a bit of traffic towards the end. The
conditions will be difficult but we’ll do our best in the race tomorrow
and try to get the maximum out of the car."
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Valtteri Bottas: "We’re
pushing as hard as we can with the car and I was pleased with my lap in
Q2 as we managed to improve a bit. This is where we are with the car in
terms of pure pace but we’ll do everything we can to make the most of
it. It’s going to be a hard race for the cars and drivers tomorrow, but
all we can do is our best, stay in the race and take every opportunity
we can."
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Xevi Pujolar, Chief Race
Engineer: "We
continued doing some mechanical tests to find more grip during FP3 and
it was coming to us more as the track conditions improved. We made
progress with the tyre management but we could see it would be hard to
get into Q2. Pastor qualified 18th whilst Valtteri was able to progress
into Q2 and put in a clean lap to get the most out of the car today. We
now focus on the race with thermal management of the tyres, strategy and
the high potential of safety cars all things to consider for tomorrow.
It will be a long, hot and challenging race for both the car and driver,
but we'll be fighting as hard as we can to be in a position to bring
home some points."
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Marina Bay Street Circuit |
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
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1 |
S Vettel | Red Bull | 1:45.376 | 1:42.905 | 1:42.841 |
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2 |
N Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:45.208 | 1:43.892 | 1:42.932 |
| 3 | R Grosjean | Lotus | 1:45.851 | 1:43.957 | 1:43.058 |
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V Bottas |
Williams F1 Team | 1:45.982 (16th) | 1:45.388 | - |
| 18 |
P Maldonado FW35 02 RS27-54879/2 |
Williams F1 Team | 1:46.619 | - | - |
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