AT&T Williams Team Reactions Qualifying
By Williams F1 Team
September 6 2008
| Reactions: Belgian GP Qualifying |
| The AT&T Williams team struggled with performance today at the Spa Francorchamps circuit, especially across the twisty, eleven corner sector two from Les Combes to Fagnes and, as a consequence, failed to make the desired impression on the qualifying standings for tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg progressed into Q2, but was 6/10ths short of making into the final session, while team-mate Kazuki Nakajima could fare no better than P19. The outcome, however, leaves both cars with the benefit of a free fuel strategy for tomorrow’s race. |
Nico Rosberg:  "I
didn’t really expect us to struggle so much in qualifying today. While
we knew that Spa was not going to be our best track, being this far back
is unexpected and very disappointing. In one respect, my car was okay
from a balance perspective, but there was a serious lack of grip which
meant I couldn’t go any faster. Obviously looking ahead to the race
tomorrow, some rain would give me a small chance to achieve something,
otherwise it’s going to be very difficult."
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Kazuki Nakajima:  "I
felt our car was better in practice this morning despite the fact that
the dry conditions for qualifying made the circuit better this
afternoon, but when we got into the qualifying session, I just couldn’t
find any grip and I am still not able to understand why. It’s going to
be a long race tomorrow and starting 19th will make things more
difficult."
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Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "It
was obviously a disappointing session for Nico not to make it through to
final qualifying and for Kazuki not to progress into Q2. Nico got the
best out of the car and he was competitive in sector one and sector
three, but he couldn’t improve in sector two which is where our weakness
lies. We did expect that Spa would be one of our difficult tracks. From
here we will work on strategy to, as always, keeping pushing and see if
we can get into the points tomorrow." |
Qualifying Result
| Position | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L Hamilton | McLaren | - | - | 1:47.338 |
| 2 | F Massa | Ferrari | - | - | 1:47.678 |
| 3 | H Kovalainen | McLaren | - | - | 1:47.815 |
| 15 | N Rosberg | AT&T Williams | 1:47.503 (15th) | 1:47.429 | - |
| 19 | K Nakajima | AT&T Williams | 1:48.268 | - | - |
Track Conditions
| Weather | Overcast |
| Track Temp | 17 - 18C |
| Air Temp | 16 - 17C |
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AT&T Williams Team Reactions Qualifying
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 06/09/2008 16:24
AT&T Williams Team Reactions Qualifying
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Qualifying
Posted by: raiden (IP Logged)
Date: 06/09/2008 17:06
Quote:Nico didnt say spa suit fw30NR
Spa was not going to be our best track
Quote:and yes SM is boring !SM
Nico got the best out of the car and he was competitive in sector one and sector three,
WILLIAMS RACING
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Qualifying
Posted by: Francesc (IP Logged)
Date: 06/09/2008 17:10
Quote:raidenQuote:and yes SM is boring !SM
Nico got the best out of the car and he was competitive in sector one and sector three,
Yes, he makes me
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008:09:06:17:11:32 by Francesc.
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Qualifying
Posted by: GroveF1 (IP Logged)
Date: 06/09/2008 18:23
Sam makes me f$%&ing laugh! To say that our weakness lies in Sector 2 when you look at our times and Nico is 5 places away from the top ten is a joke.
And Nakajima says earlier in the week he wants to stay!!!???? I'll tell you where he can go
And Nakajima says earlier in the week he wants to stay!!!???? I'll tell you where he can go
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Qualifying
Posted by: A.Berglund (IP Logged)
Date: 06/09/2008 19:36
Sector 2 was the problem
Sector 1
1st Lewis Hamilton 31.014
9th Mark Webber 31.378
14th Nico Rosberg 31.451
Sector 2
1st Kimi Räikkönen 46.178
7th Mark Webber 46.295
15th Nico Rosberg 47.061
Sector 3
1st Heikki Kovalainen 28.612
6th Nico Rosberg 28.813
18th Mark Webber 29.141
Sector 1
1st Lewis Hamilton 31.014
9th Mark Webber 31.378
14th Nico Rosberg 31.451
Sector 2
1st Kimi Räikkönen 46.178
7th Mark Webber 46.295
15th Nico Rosberg 47.061
Sector 3
1st Heikki Kovalainen 28.612
6th Nico Rosberg 28.813
18th Mark Webber 29.141
Re: AT&T Williams Team Reactions Qualifying
Posted by: Damon'sFW18 (IP Logged)
Date: 06/09/2008 19:46
Last sector we make a huge gain because of the bus stop chicane, that makes me ponder if we'd be any better at Monza which is fast straights linked with tighter corners with the only problem corner to worry about being the Parabolica.
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