AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
By Williams F1 Team
August 25 2008
| Reactions: European GP Race |
| The AT&T Williams team secured a championship point today at the European Grand Prix. The city’s Mediterranean backdrop provided blistering conditions for this afternoon’s race which saw Nico Rosberg cross the line in eighth place to collect the team’s first point since Silverstone. Kazuki Nakajima was unable to capitalise upon his highest grid position of the year when his anti-stall device kicked in costing him valuable places at the start. Combined with an incident on the first lap, Kazuki’s race at Valencia’s new street circuit delivered 15th place. |
Nico Rosberg:
 "I’m pretty happy with that. It’s good to be going home with a point today as it’s been a long time since it happened. The race went quite well for me and I was giving it my all, driving what felt like qualifying laps one after the other. The result is also good for the team as it shows we are getting back on track. Once again, I would like to say that Valencia has done a great job here and the race was good fun." |
Kazuki Nakajima:  "I
had a bad start and we have to find the reason for that. On lap one,
going into turns four and five, I was just behind Alonso, but there was
a bit of a battle going on in front and I couldn’t avoid him going into
the corner. After that, I just tried to be consistent. My pace was ok,
but I was behind Barrichello and it was really difficult to overtake.
Eventually I made it past him and my pace improved, but it was too
late."
|
Patrick Head Director of
Engineering WilliamsF1 "With
the reliability of the cars these days, one point is what you can expect
from starting 9th and 11th on the grid. Kazuki went into anti-stall at
the start which lost him a lot of places. He then had to pit for a new
front wing which put paid to what would have been a one stop race. Nico
squeezed everything he could out of the car today. Unfortunately, we
missed out on seventh place with him by a few fractions of a second in
his second pit-stop. We now have to return to the factory to find those
few tenths."
|
Race Result
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Fastest Lap | Grid Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F Massa | Ferrari | 1:35:32.339 | 1:38.708 | 1 |
| 2 | L Hamilton | McLaren | +5.611 | 1:38.884 | 2 |
| 3 | R Kubica | BMW Sauber | +37.353 | 1:39.330 | 3 |
| 15 | K Nakajima | AT&T Williams FW30-04 H355 |
+1 lap | 1:39.803 | 11 |
| 8 | N Rosberg | AT&T Williams FW30-05 H336 |
+71.457 | 1:39.577 | 8 |
Track Conditions
| Weather | Hot and sunny |
| Track Temp | 43 - 45C |
| Air Temp | 26 - 30C |
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AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/08/2008 12:31
AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: raiden (IP Logged)
Date: 25/08/2008 14:16
Quote:PH
We now have to return to the factory to find those few tenths."
!!!!!!!
WILLIAMS RACING
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: Gunk (IP Logged)
Date: 25/08/2008 14:21
I read elsewhere that Nico was the only driver to start on soft tyres. He dropped back a lot at the beginning. Brundle commented that Glock's pace came from running long on the harder tyres as the track came to them.
So, partly wrong fuel strategy and wrong tyres?
So, partly wrong fuel strategy and wrong tyres?
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: Mehryar (IP Logged)
Date: 25/08/2008 15:02
I think we hadn't best strategy and tyre choice too...specially the fuel onboard for his first stint.at the first part of the race, Timo was struggling because of his extra fuel.a lap or 2 longer stint for Nico and he was in front of Glock at the end...
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: A.Berglund (IP Logged)
Date: 25/08/2008 18:05
Williams did the best they could let's face it we are not that good Glock was faster then Nico on a 1 stopper that tells a lot.
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: Francesc (IP Logged)
Date: 25/08/2008 19:29
Yesterday Kazuki was the 3rd best on last sector, only 1 tenth slower than best time there of Massa, and it's the most technical sector of the track, where the driver counts more, so IMO that shows he's pretty good
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: myhead (IP Logged)
Date: 26/08/2008 01:45
i love what patrick have said,"we now have to return to the factory to find those few tenths." he's the true race engineer.not like sam, always looking "backward"....
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: pgj (IP Logged)
Date: 26/08/2008 16:14
Didn't Nico do his best time on the option tyre?
Williams and proud of it.
Williams and proud of it.
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Race
Posted by: Francesc (IP Logged)
Date: 26/08/2008 16:24
No, on hards at the end of second stint, he lost time on his first stint on the softs
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