Bahrain GP: Williams F1 Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
April 20 2013
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Qualifying Notes • Valtteri Bottas qualified 15th with Pastor Maldonado 17th for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix. • Pastor and Valtteri posted identical times of 1:34.425 in a closely fought Q1, but with Valtteri crossing the line earlier, he progressed into Q2 ahead of his teammate. • Valtteri improved again in Q2 to finish 15th with a time of 1:34.105. |
Pastor Maldonado:  "I
have an extra set of tyres which is positive for tomorrow, and we are
working together as a team to look at what we can do in the race.
Qualifying 17th is a bit disappointing, but we are realistic with our
targets at the moment. We are trying to do our best from the track and
at the factory, and we are working to have a better qualifying
performance soon."
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Valtteri Bottas: "I
had a bit of traffic in Q1 so I was quite lucky to get through given
that one or two tenths can be the difference between progressing to Q2
or not. I put a good lap together in Q2, the best lap I’ve driven here
this weekend, so I’m pleased about that. I feel I got everything out of
the car today but tomorrow will be a long race in these conditions, so I
will be ready to challenge right from the start."
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Mike Coughlan, Technical
Director: "Following
practice this morning, our long run pace was looking better against the
competition so our focus this afternoon was to just get into Q2. We ran
new option tyres in Q1 on both cars to give us the best chance, but
unfortunately we didn’t quite manage this with Pastor, despite both
drivers posting identical times. The times were extremely close, with
Valtteri just 0.4 seconds off Q3, so there was a chance we could have
achieved more. Now we need to look to tomorrow and concentrate on our
long run performance, and getting the best strategy for the race."
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Bahrain International Circuit,
Sakhir |
Weather: Warm and dry | ||||
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DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
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1 |
N Rosberg |
Mercedes | 1:33.364 | 1:32.867 | 1:32.330 |
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2 |
S Vettel |
Red Bull | 1:33.327 | 1:32.746 | 1:32.584 |
| 3 | F Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.878 | 1:33.316 | 1:32.667 |
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V Bottas |
Williams F1 Team | 1:34.425 (16th) | 1:34.105 | - |
| 17 |
P Maldonado FW35 02 RS27-5447/2 |
Williams F1 Team | 1:34.425 | - | - |
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