Williams Team Reactions Bahrain Qualifying


By Williams F1 Team
April 17 2007

Reactions: Bahrain GP Qualifying
 
Qualifying for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix ran smoothly for the AT&T Williams
team at the Sakhir circuit. Nico Rosberg once again secured a place in Q3 and
will start tomorrow’s race from 10th place on the grid. In one of the most fiercely
contested qualifying sessions, team mate, Alex Wurz, narrowly missed out on a
top ten slot.
 
Nico Rosberg:
Nico Rosberg"I’m happy with that because sometimes it’s not always easy to get into Q3. I would have liked to have been a bit higher up but from 10th on the grid everything is possible. Strategy-wise, we’re looking good for the race. I’m looking forward to it; our car is strong, we have a competitive race pace and I will hopefully score some points."
 
Alex Wurz: 
Alex Wurz"I missed out on Q3 by just a few thousandths of a second. It’s very tough competition out there, which is very nice as it’s so challenging, but it’s brutal. That’s motorsport at its best. We went out early to avoid the traffic so my lap was clean. A positive to starting in P11 is that I can now choose my fuel load and strategy. It’s going to be a tough one but I’m hoping for a good race pace, like we had in Malaysia."
 
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"Slightly mixed feelings on qualifying. We almost managed to get both cars into the top ten, but Alex just missed out on Q3 by a quarter of a tenth. That’s just how close the field is now. We can make a good race from 10th and 11th on the grid and so we’re looking forward to challenging for points tomorrow. The long
run pace of the FW29 has been good and we have good straight line speed as well. We’ll now work on strategy for Alex’s car."
 

SAKHIR, BAHRAIN
5.412KM / 3.363MILES

CLEAR AND SUNNY
AIR 33 - 350C, TRACK 38 - 450C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Q1

Q2

Q3

1

F Massa

Ferrari

-

-

1:32.652

2

L Hamilton

McLaren Mercedes

-

-

1:32.935

3

K Raikkonen

Ferrari

-

-

1:33.131

10

N Rosberg
FW29-03 H095

AT&T Williams

1:33.349 (9th)

1:32.815 (9th)

1:34.399

11

A Wurz
FW29-04 H096

AT&T Williams

1:33.759 (13th)

1:32.915

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