Belgian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
August 28 2010
The AT&T Williams team reviews their 2010 Belgian GP qualifying, which saw their drivers finish in seventh and ninth.
| Williams Belgian GP Qualifying Review: |
| Spa delivered its usual mixed bag of weather to keep today’s qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix a lively challenge for drivers and engineers alike, but the AT&T Williams team performed well to place both cars in the top ten. A different tyre selection in Q3 with Nico Hulkenberg running on the option tyre and Rubens Barrichello on the prime, will dictate a split strategy for the cars in tomorrow’s race, with both drivers highly capable in the wet should conditions alter. |
Rubens Barrichello:  "Today
was a good effort by everyone in the team. We were struggling a bit with
set-up this morning, but the team came up with some great ideas after
practice to get the car into better shape for qualifying and they paid
off. I'm delighted to be up in seventh place. I'm having a great weekend
celebrating my 300th race with my family and the team and I will be
pushing hard tomorrow to get a good result."
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Nico Hulkenberg:  "It
was not a bad outcome today for the team with two cars in the top ten. I
am happy enough with my position, especially considering that my last
run in Q3 to claim my grid slot was on a used set of options that
clearly were past their best. Just like the session today, I expect the
weather to be pretty mixed tomorrow and to be honest, I am relaxed about
that – with the variability in conditions, it is important to take it as
it comes, the only sure thing is to aim for a good points finish
tomorrow."
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Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "To
get both cars in the top ten today was a good effort by the team. The
rain could have proved troublesome, but the drivers and engineers
managed the weather well throughout the entire session. We'll now move
our focus onto strategy for the race tomorrow. It looks like conditions
could be changeable yet again, which will certainly make it an
interesting afternoon!"
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|
Spa Francorchamps, Belgium |
Weather: Mixed, rain Q1, drying
Q2 & Q3 | ||||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
M Webber |
Red Bull |
- |
- |
1:45.778 |
|
2 |
L Hamilton | McLaren |
- |
- |
1:45.863 |
|
3 |
R Kubica |
Renault |
- |
- |
1:46.100 |
| 7 |
R Barrichello |
AT&T Williams | 1:55.757 (3rd) | 1:47.797 (9th) | 1:46.602 |
| 9 |
N Hulkenberg FW32-01 CA220 |
AT&T Williams | 1:55.442 (2nd) | 1:47.821 (10th) | 1:47.053 |
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Belgian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
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Date: 28/08/2010 15:39
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