Abu Dhabi GP: Williams Race Review
By AT&T Williams F1 Team
November 14 2011
The AT&T Williams F1 team looks back at their 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
| Williams Abu Dhabi GP Race Review |
| The team complete the Abu Dhabi weekend on a positive note with the performance of its FW33s showing an improvement in the penultimate Grand Prix of the season. Rubens Barrichello started today’s 55 lap race from the back of the grid in P24, the consequence of a ten place penalty incurred for a post‐qualifying engine change. The combination of a determined drive and considered calls from the pit wall propelled Rubens up the field to finish in 12th place. Also starting from the back row, Pastor Maldonado made good progress despite a drive through penalty to conclude the race in P14. Overall, AT&T Williams’ drivers made up a combined 21 places in today’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. |
Rubens Barrichello:
 "It was a very good race, and a well considered one by the team. We started from the back but I fought all the way through and we almost ended up fighting for points. We did well to finish where we did today." |
Pastor Maldonado:  "Our
pace was a bit slow at the beginning of the race but improved when we
switched onto the soft tyre. Unfortunately, my drive through penalty
cost us a lot of time and potentially a better result. Our overall pace
was better than it has been recently and I was happy with the car
today."
|
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations
Engineer: "Rubens
started from the back and raced on a two stop, soft-biased strategy
starting on the medium tyre. Pastor completed a one stop strategy, also
starting on the medium tyre. Both drivers made strong progress through
the field and by lap 13 Rubens and Pastor were P14 and P15,
respectively. Rubens lost a bit of time on his first stop with a slow
rear tyre change but continued to push hard to the end of the race
finishing a credible 12th ‐ almost catching Perez at the end for 11th.
Pastor was given a drive through penalty for a blue flag infringement
and a subsequent 30 second end‐of‐race penalty for another infringement
finishing 14th." |
|
Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi |
Weather Warm and dry | |||
|
POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Time (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
|
1 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:37:11.886 (1:43.461, 3rd) |
2 |
|
2 |
F Alonso |
Ferrari |
+8.457 (1:43.914, 6th) |
5 |
|
3 |
J Button |
McLaren |
+25.881 (1:43.154, 2nd) |
3 |
| 12 |
R BARRICHELLO FW33-04 CA524 |
AT&T Williams | +1 lap (1:44.438, 11th) | 24 |
| 14 |
P MALDONADO FW32-02 CA523 |
AT&T Williams | +1 lap (1:44.628, 13th) | 23 |
 |
Abu Dhabi GP: Williams Race Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 14/11/2011 11:45
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