Australian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
March 26 2011
The AT&T Williams team reviews their qualifying performances for the 2011 Australian Grand Prix.
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Today’s inaugural qualifying
of the 2011 season concluded in Q2 for both AT&T Williams drivers. In
the first qualifying session of his Formula One career, Pastor Maldonado
eased through Q1 and was lapping consistently until yellow flags impeded
the first of two quick laps in Q2. Pastor’s last opportunity to set a
fast time was then aborted due to a flat spot on his tyre. A final lap
time of 1:26.768 puts Pastor in P15. Rubens was unable to convert strong form shown in practice into a competitive grid position as he lost control of his FW33 on his first lap in Q2 leaving him beached in the gravel at turn 3. With no Q2 time set, Rubens will start tomorrow’s race in P17. |
Rubens Barrichello:  "Today
was unfortunate. I made a mistake, went wide and spun. We have to wait
and see what our pace is, but it was quicker than we thought it would
be. On another positive note, we’ve saved our tyres for tomorrow which
could be important."
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Pastor Maldonado:  "I
made it through Q1 fine and everything was going well. On the first set
of tyres in Q2, I had two yellow flags; with the second set, I had a big
flat spot and had to abort the run. The session was exciting though! We
need to improve a bit, but overall the car is good and I feel
optimistic. I’m looking forward to tomorrow and I really think points
are possible."
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Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "We’ve
had a troublesome day and although we have to improve the end result
does not reflect our true pace. With Pastor’s spin and the oil leak on
Rubens’ gearbox, the mileage we were able to cover in practice was
considerably restricted and caused us to be conservative with some of
our set-up choices for the race. We had another off in qualifying, this
time with Rubens, but Pastor kept his head down and is now looking ahead
to a solid race. Tomorrow’s focus is firmly on scoring points with both
cars. It will also be interesting to see the moveable rear wing working
as intended and delivering some exciting overtaking!"
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Albert Park, Melbourne |
Grey, windy | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
S Vettel |
Red Bull |
1:25.296 |
1:24.090 |
1:23.529 |
|
2 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:25.384 |
1:24.595 |
1:24.307 |
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3 |
M Webber |
Ferrari |
1:25.900 |
1:24.658 |
1:24.395 |
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15 |
P Maldonado |
AT&T Williams |
1:26.298 (15th) |
1:26.768 |
- |
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17 |
R Barrichello |
AT&T Williams |
1:26.270 (14th) |
No time |
- |
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Australian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 26/03/2011 11:38
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