Turkish GP: Williams disappointing in final practice


Nico in fifteenth
By Andrew Hooper
May 30 2010

By the end of the final practice session for the 2010 Turkish GP AT&T Williams drivers Nico Hulkenberg would again lead team-mate Rubens Barrichello with the pair down in a disappointing 15th and 17th. Nico's time was a 1m:29.044 and Rubens set a time of 1m:29.305. Both drivers were again around two seconds off the quickest time in what was really another bad session for the Williams team.

 
 Turkish GP Saturday Practice
 

After finishing way down the order after Friday practice AT&T Williams driver Rubens Barrichello would strap himself in getting ready for the final practice session on Saturday morning. Rubens and team-mate Nico Hulkenberg would complete their normal installation lap.

By the end of the session Nico would again lead Rubens but the pair were down in a disappointing fifteenth and seventeenth. Nico's time was a 1m:29.044 and Rubens set a time of 1m:29.305. Both drivers were again around two seconds off the quickest time set by Vettel. It was really another bad session for the Williams team. The way things stand it would be very surprising to see both cars make it past the first period of qualifying.
  
Pos  Driver         Team		     Time      Laps
 1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault         1:27.086  18
 2.  Rosberg        Mercedes                 1:27.359  16
 3.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes         1:27.396  14
 4.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault         1:27.553  15
 5.  Kubica         Renault                  1:27.784  20
 6.  Alonso         Ferrari                  1:27.861  18
 7.  Schumacher     Mercedes                 1:27.879  16
 8.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes         1:27.963  17
 9.  Massa          Ferrari                  1:27.969  20
10.  Petrov         Renault                  1:28.344  18
11.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari       1:28.610  22
12.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari           1:28.652  20
13.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari       1:28.734  21
14.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari           1:29.036  20
15.  Hulkenberg     AT&T Williams-Cosworth   1:29.044  18
16.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes     1:29.211  15
17.  Barrichello    AT&T Williams-Cosworth   1:29.305  14
18.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth           1:30.618  19
19.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth           1:30.884  22
20.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth          1:31.341  21
21.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth          1:32.180  16
22.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth             1:32.230  21
23.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth             1:32.762  19
24.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes     No time   1