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Williams Racing Spanish GP Qualifying Review |
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Qualifying Notes:
• George Russell qualified 15th and Nicholas Latifi 19th for the Spanish
Grand Prix
• George made it into Q2 for the fourth consecutive time this season,
where he posted a 1:19.154 on a used set of the soft Pirelli tyres
• Nicholas continued to improve throughout Q1, posting his quickest time
with a 1:19.219
• Congratulations to Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton on his 100th pole position
in the sport. |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"It’s been a
difficult weekend for us so far. I did collect some damage going wide on
my second run and that didn’t help for the rest of my flying laps. There
was a bit of traffic too, with everyone bunching up ahead of their lap,
but it’s the same for everyone. In terms of the race, it can be
difficult around here when the tyres aren’t new, so I think that will be
the challenge tomorrow." |
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George Russell:
"I think getting into Q2 today was the maximum. We knew the car has
never really worked perfectly around this circuit, relative to our
performance elsewhere. We struggled a bit in FP2, but the conditions
calmed down today. The car was in a much better window and we managed to
out qualify cars like Tsunoda and Räikkönen, so overall, we really
maximised today. It will be an interesting race with the warm
conditions, and there is a bit of rain in the area tomorrow. I don’t
know if it will come before or after the race but fingers it arrives and
spices things up a little." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"The changes made overnight improved the car in FP3 with both
drivers happier than in FP2. George in particular was happy with his
changes to set-up, and overall, we made good progress from yesterday.
Qualifying was difficult, with the usual fighting for track space at the
end of outlaps. We were expecting Q1 to be tight and so opted to use
three sets of new tyres on each car. George did well to qualify for Q2,
but he had no new tyres left to use in that session. His single run on
scrubbed tyres was good in the circumstances and he was able to put some
pressure on Giovinazzi to complete a good lap in his final run.
Unfortunately, Nicholas’s car suffered some damage at the high-speed T9,
and this hurt his performance in the final stages of Q1. We will repair
his car ahead of the race.
As we saw last week, qualifying is only a small part of the weekend and
so we now turn our attention to the race and will look to move forwards
tomorrow." |
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