Williams Team Reactions Qualifying British GP


By Williams F1 Team
July 7 2007

Reactions: British GP Qualifying
 
Qualifying for Sunday’s British Grand Prix concluded unsatisfactorily for the AT&T Williams team today. Alex Wurz ended his afternoon at the close of Q2 in 13th place, missing out on a slot in the top ten shoot out by just under two tenths of a second. For the first time this season, Nico Rosberg was knocked out in Q1 and will start tomorrow’s race from P17 following a significant loss of power on his FW29, the cause of which is currently under investigation.
 
Nico Rosberg:
Nico Rosberg"I had a technical problem on the car which lost me a lot of straight line speed, up to 20km/h, so the session was disappointing. It was going well this morning, the car was really comfortable and I was looking forward to a good qualifying session. From 17th on the grid, it’s going to be tough, but we’ll try anyway. I have been really on it this weekend and we were expecting to do better today. Let’s hope we can get something more out of tomorrow at the team’s home race."
 
Alex Wurz: 
Alex Wurz"I think I squeezed quite a bit out of my car today. My fastest lap wasn’t too bad, although I think I could have gained another half a tenth in the last sector. I cannot be happy with 13th because you need to be a bit further up the grid to make it easier to score points. It’s going to be a hard race as everyone is so close at the moment. Strategy here is going to be similar to what it was in Magny-Cours, which means that most teams are going to be doing pretty much the same thing. I need to have an aggressive start tomorrow and will give everything I can. I am a fighter."
 
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1:
 Sam Michael"After a decent performance in all the practice sessions, that was obviously a pretty disappointing qualifying. It was good for Alex that he made it into Q2 and 13th. Nico’s car misfired in Q1, so we are now checking all the wiring looms and electrical boxes to identify and then fix the problem. Looking ahead to the race tomorrow, we will work out a good strategy tonight to allow the drivers to fight from their starting positions."
 

SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT, UK
5.141KMS, 3.194 MILES

SUNNY WITH PARTIAL CLOUDY
AIR 21 - 230C, TRACK 39 - 470C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Q1

Q2

Q3

1

L Hamilton

 McLaren Mercedes

-

-

1:19.997

2

K Raikkonen

Ferrari

-

-

1:20.099

3

F Alonso

McLaren Mercedes

-

-

1:20.147

17

N Rosberg
FW29-05 H148

AT&T Williams

1:21.219

1:20.350

-

13

A Wurz
FW29-03 H149

AT&T Williams

1:20.830
(14th)

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