Williams Belgian GP Friday Review


By Williams F1 Team
August 28 2009

 
 Williams Belgian GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Wet running to assess set-up requirements for these conditions

Objectives P2
• Performance evaluation of tyres – high fuel for race and low fuel for qualifying
• Evaluation of aero and mechanical set-up
 
Nico Rosberg: Nico Rosberg
 "It was not a good day today. The car was a long way from the pace and with the weather this morning, we only had one session to try and make a difference, which was not enough given how far behind we were. We made some big changes and we got some answers back, but we need to have a think tonight and try to find a solution."

Runs P1: 1 (new option) install, 2 (new prime) baseline, 6 (new wet) wet running, 4 (scrubbed wet) aero balance, start on grid
Runs P2: 3 (scrubbed prime) baseline, 5 (scrubbed prime) continue run after red flag, 9 (new prime) new tyres,
Kazuki Nakajima: Nakajima
 "It was a difficult day for us. The balance of the car was not too bad but we just need to find some more performance from the car from the other aspects we can change."

 


Runs P1: 1 (new prime) install, 2 (scrubbed prime) baseline, 7 (new wet) wet running, 5 (scrubbed wet) aero balance, start on grid
Runs P2: 3 (scrubbed prime) baseline, 6 (scrubbed prime) continue run after red flag, 9 (new option) tyre test/race balance, 11 (new prime) tyre test/race balance, 4 (new option) new tyres
 
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1:
 Sam Michael"The weather was mixed this morning, so it was a little difficult to see where everybody was. What the rain in the morning did mean was the afternoon was compressed in terms of getting all of our work done. The running we have done shows we are not in our normal competitive position. However, we have tested lots of things today and we have got some direction, so we will look into this tonight and do all we can to take a big step tomorrow."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 J Trulli 1:49.675 L Hamilton 1:47.201
2 J Button 1:50.283 T Glock 1:47.217
3 F Alonso 1:50.368 K Raikkonen 1:47.285
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
N Rosberg FW31-03/H453-470 2:04.505 (12th)13 laps 1:48.360 (19th) 29 laps
K Nakajima FW31-04/H469 2:05.705 (15th)15 laps 1:47.961 (15th) 32 laps
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Overcast, rain Sunny with some clouds
Air Temp 14 - 17C 17 - 18C
Track Temp 16 - 20C 27 - 34C
 

Williams Belgian GP Friday Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 28/08/2009 17:13

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