Chinese GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
April 16 2011
The AT&T Williams team reviews their performance in qualifying for the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix.
| Williams Chinese GP Qualifying Review: |
| The team experienced a more promising qualifying session in China today. Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado progressed through Q1, but a red flag in the final minutes of Q2 disrupted proceedings and interrupted both their flying laps. The subsequent procession of cars all then trying to set their quickest time in the one remaining lap precluded the AT&T Williams pair from any clear air to set a more competitive time. The team subsequently aborted both drivers’ runs in order to preserve the option tyre for tomorrow. As a result, Rubens will line up in P15 and Pastor in P17 for the race. |
Rubens Barrichello:  "I’ve
been having a weekend of experiments. We tried a new version of the
exhaust in practice; we do not fully understand it yet, so we went into
qualifying with our original set‐up. I was happy with Q1 but then we had
the rush hour! On the restart, Sutil tried to overtake me going into the
first corner which spoiled both of our laps. We’ve made progress since
Malaysia so I’m looking for points."
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Pastor Maldonado:  "I’m
a bit disappointed by the red flag because the lap I was on at the time
was looking good. We could have fought for a place in the top ten today
so it looks like we’ve made some improvements with the car. We need to
keep working and concentrate our minds for tomorrow. I’m looking for
some points."
|
Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "Although
not reflected in our result this afternoon, the qualifying pace of the
FW33 has improved. After testing the new exhaust system throughout
practice, we decided we needed more understanding of it before using it
in the race. We therefore reverted back to the standard exhaust system
on Rubens’ car. Our target for tomorrow is reliability and to be in a
position to fight for points."
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|
Shanghai International Circuit, China 5.451kms / 3.387 miles |
Weather: Cold and cloudy | ||||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
S Vettel |
Red Bull |
1:35.674 |
1:34.776 |
1:33.706 |
|
2 |
J Button |
McLaren |
1:35.924 |
1:34.662 |
1:34.421 |
|
3 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:36.091 |
1:34.486 |
1:34.463 |
| 15 |
R Barrichello |
AT&T Williams | 1:35.911 (9th) | 1:36.465 | - |
|
17 |
P Maldonado |
AT&T Williams |
1:36.121 (15th) |
1:36.956 |
- |
 |
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Chinese GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 16/04/2011 10:48
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