Williams Bahrain Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
April 25 2009
| Bahrain GP Qualifying Review: |
| At a blisteringly hot Bahrain International Circuit, where ambient temperatures peaked at 38°C this afternoon, both AT&T Williams drivers executed the transition from the opening Q1 round of qualifying into Q2 today. Kazuki Nakajima ended up just one and half tenths short of progressing through to Q3 and will take the 12th slot on the grid for tomorrow’s race. Team mate Nico Rosberg faired only slightly better. Making it into the final shoot out session, and therefore leaving his run of Q3 appearances so far this season unblemished, Nico will line up in P9 for the Bahrain Grand Prix. |
Nico Rosberg:  "That
was not a good qualifying from me as I really didn’t feel comfortable in
the car today. We were just lucky wemade it through to the third round because it was very close. In the end, P9 is ok because we have a lot of fuel onboard so, strategy-wise, I think we are looking pretty competitive. My hope for tomorrow is definitely to finish in the points and I think that’s achievable. Our race car is pretty good, so we should have a consistent pace and everything is possible from ninth." |
Kazuki Nakajima:  "It’s
difficult to say where I lost my time. I didn’t make any mistakes and
the car was performing pretty well. If I think about the gap separating
Nico and me, I’m pleased with my afternoon. Overall, though, I have
mixed feelings as I should have made it into Q3."
|
Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "This
result is where we expected to be. Ninth is a good position from where
Nico can target a points-scoring finish tomorrow and Kazuki did a good
job considering he doesn’t have the same package that Nico is running.
He also equalled his season best qualifying position today. In
conclusion, we will be aiming for points with both cars. Congratulations
to Toyota for taking the front row."
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Bahrain International Circuit,
Bahrain |
Hot and sunny | ||||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
J Trulli |
Toyota |
- |
- |
1:33.431 |
|
2 |
T Glock |
Toyota |
- |
- |
1:33.712 |
|
3 |
S Vettel |
Red Bull |
- |
- |
1:34.015 |
|
7 |
N Rosberg |
AT&T Williams |
1:33.672 (15th) |
1:33.166 (10th) |
1:35.134 |
|
15* |
K Nakajima |
AT&T Williams |
1:33.221 (8th) |
1:33.348 |
- |
| * Glock P14 plus 5 position penalty for a gearbox change. Nakajima will therefore start in P14. | |||||
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Williams Bahrain Qualifying Review
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Date: 25/04/2009 15:45
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Re: Williams Bahrain Qualifying Review
Posted by: PABLO 27 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/04/2009 18:12
The chart positions ( 7 and 15) are from China GP
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