German GP: Williams Race Review
By AT&T Williams F1 Team
July 24 2011
The AT&T Williams F1 team looks back at their 2011 German Grand Prix.
| Williams German GP Race Review |
|
It was a mixed result for
AT&T Williams at the Nürburgring today with Pastor Maldonado bringing
his Williams Cosworth FW33 home in 14th while teammate Rubens
Barrichello was forced to retire on lap 16. A good start from 14th on
the grid allowed Rubens to move up to 11th by the end of the first lap.
However, just a quarter of the way into the German Grand Prix, the
telemetry showed an oil leak and the call went out for the Brazilian to
return to the pits, ending his race. Pastor continued with his planned
two‐stop strategy, crossing the line in 14th after 60 laps of racing
action. Congratulations also go to our test driver Valtteri Bottas, who claimed his maiden GP3 victory in a wet race for ART earlier today. After coming through from 11th on the grid to third in yesterday’s action‐packed race, he had a fantastic second race this morning, driving through from seventh to take the lead by the end of the first lap. He then held position until the chequered flag to end the morning on the top step of the podium. |
Rubens Barrichello:
 "We were doing quite well after making a good start and were looking comfortable for a twostop strategy but then the team came on the radio and called me in with an oil leak. I wanted to continue but the team said there was no way and that was the right decision. It was slippery out there at the start but the main issue was the cold weather making it difficult to get the temperature into the tyres." |
Pastor Maldonado:  "It
was a really tough race today. We were quite competitive in the second
stint on a new set of Option tyres but then when we went onto the Prime
tyres for the last stint we were losing time. Our pace wasn’t as good
and we lost a few places. We tried hard, but it wasn’t to be today."
|
Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1: "Unfortunately
Rubens was out early with an engine oil leak today; we are still
investigating the cause. On Pastor’s car we called an early first
pitstop that moved him right up the order, however we then had too much
tyre wear during the second stint, so it may have hurt the race outcome
later on. Once we had that tyre wear we decided to risk doing a longer
final stint on the prime tyre and that went against us today. " |
|
Nürburgring, Germany |
Weather: Overcast with light rain | |||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Time (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
|
1 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:37:30.334 (1:34.302, 1st) |
2 |
|
2 |
F Alonso |
Ferrari |
+3.980 (1:34.626, 5th) |
4 |
|
3 |
M Webber |
Red Bull |
+9.788 (1:34.468, 2nd) |
1 |
| 14 |
P MALDONADO FW32-02 CA421 |
AT&T Williams | +1 lap (1:37.568, 15th) | 13 |
| DNF |
R BARRICHELLO FW33-03 CA323 |
AT&T Williams | n/a (1:39.679, 19th) | 14 |
 |
German GP: Williams Race Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 24/07/2011 16:17
What do you think? You can have your say by posting below.
If you do not already have an account Click here to Register.
If you do not already have an account Click here to Register.
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.