Malaysian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Pastor Maldonado
By Williams F1 Team
March 24 2012
Qualifying for the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix would see the Williams F1 team secure 11th and 13th positions, with Pastor Maldonado leading team-mate Bruno Senna.
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Qualifying Notes • Pastor will start 11th and Bruno 13th for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix. • Pastor ran wide under braking for Turn 11 on his first timed lap in Q2. • Bruno aborted his first Q2 run due to yellow flags on track. • Pastor’s quickest Q2 time put him ninth before he was edged out in the final moments of the session. |
Pastor Maldonado:  "In
Q2 I made a mistake at Turn 11 and ran wide, picking up a bit of damage.
We knew it would be difficult to get into Q3 today, but we have good
race pace. It will be a tough tomorrow, but our car looks consistent on
longer runs so I’m looking forward to the challenge."
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Bruno Senna "We
were pushing hard today but there is definitely still more performance
in the car. It was a tough session with such a close grid but we are
getting closer. We have a good car, so we will now work out the best
strategy to move forward in the race tomorrow."
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Mark Gillan Chief Operations
Engineer: "We
had a good practice session this morning but unfortunately we failed to
capitalise on our pace in qualifying with Pastor finishing a credible
11th and Bruno 13th. Pastor's car sustained some body work damage on his
penultimate run in Q2 which affected the aerodynamic balance of the car.
We look forward to the race tomorrow and aim to be fighting for points."
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Sepang International Circuit,
Malaysia |
Hot and humid | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
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1 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:37.813 |
1:37.106 |
1:36.219 |
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2 |
J Button |
McLaren |
1:37.575 |
1:36.928 |
1:36.368 |
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3 |
M Schumacher |
Mercedes |
1:37.517 |
1:37.017 |
1:36.391 |
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11 |
P Maldonado |
Williams F1 Team |
1:37.789 (5th) |
1:37.589 |
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13 |
B Senna |
Williams F1 Team |
1:38.437 (17th) |
1:37.841 |
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