Australian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
March 27 2010
The Williams team reviews their performance after qualifying for the 2010 Australian Grand Prix.
| Australian GP Qualifying Review: |
| Rubens Barrichello improved upon his Bahrain qualifying performance at Australia’s Albert Park street circuit today as he eased into Q3 and drove his FW32 to P8 in the top ten shoot out. Nico Hulkenberg’s efforts were somewhat thwarted by traffic during his debut qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix leaving him to line up in 15th place on the grid for tomorrow’s race. |
Rubens Barrichello:  "Qualifying
went quite well for me and I’m happy with the way things went. We went
through Q1 and then I put a good lap in during Q2. I was pleased with my
lap in Q3 but there was a bit more there which we missed out on due to
traffic. I think we can achieve a better result tomorrow than we did in
Bahrain. Eighth is a nice result, but I know everyone in the team aims a
lot higher. I’m sure we will get there, but right now that is the limit
of the car."
|
Nico Hulkenberg:  "I’m
disappointed with qualifying and expected more. The target was obviously
to get into the top ten, but I didn’t get the lap together and this is
the result. This is my first qualifying here; it’s not an easy circuit
to learn and it’s very narrow and quite bumpy. It will be difficult to
get into the points tomorrow from P15, but you never know what could
happen if the weather turns."
|
Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "That
was a good effort from Rubens today to qualify in P8, even if he lost
time in traffic on his fastest lap. We only had enough tyres for one run
in Q3 and decided to send Rubens out early to avoid any potential rain.
Nico struggled to manage the traffic during Q2 so he wasn’t able to put
in an ultimate lap. We’re looking forward to a strong race tomorrow,
regardless of the weather."
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|
Albert Park, Melbourne |
Cool & Cloudy | ||||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
S Vettel |
Red Bull |
- |
- |
1:23.919 |
|
2 |
M Webber |
Red Bull |
- |
- |
1:24.035 |
|
3 |
F Alonso |
Ferrari |
- |
- |
1:24.111 |
|
7 |
R Barrichello |
AT&T Williams |
1:25.702 (11th) |
1:25.085 (9th) |
1:25.217 |
|
15* |
N Hulkenberg |
AT&T Williams |
1:25.866 (12th) |
1:25.748 |
- |
 |
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Australian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 27/03/2010 09:10
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