British GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
July 8 2012
The Williams F1 team looks back at their qualifying for the 2012 British GRand Prix.
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Qualifying Notes • Pastor Maldonado will start seventh on the grid for tomorrow's British Grand Prix with a time of 1:53.539 at a rain soaked Silverstone circuit. • Bruno Senna qualified 15th, just missing out on Q3 after slowing for a yellow flag towards the last corner. • After showing the competitiveness of the FW34 in challenging qualifying conditions, the team are looking for another strong points finish for both cars in tomorrow’s race. |
Pastor Maldonado:  "The
conditions were very difficult because the track was changing all the
time and we had to work hard to improve the performance. I was a bit
unlucky at the end as I crossed the line just as the chequered flag came out so did one less lap than the others, but we are looking forward to tomorrow. We are competitive and consistent so will be looking to challenge for a strong finish tomorrow." |
Bruno Senna "I
was able to drive at a really good pace but in the end was just unlucky
to catch a yellow flag on my final qualifying lap when I was easily on
course to make it well into the top ten and go through to Q3. It’s
frustrating but we’ll see what happens with the weather and hopefully we
can be competitive and challenge for the top 10 in the race."
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Mark Gillan Chief Operations
Engineer: "Today
was dominated once more by the weather. Based on yesterday's feedback we
adapted the set-up of the car to protect against the wet conditions. The
drivers' feedback was good today and both drivers did well. Bruno had to back off on his last run in Q2 under a yellow flag due to Grosjean's spin which resulted in him not proceeding into Q3, qualifying in 15th. Pastor pushed hard in Q3 ultimately qualifying in 7th. We now need to concentrate hard to get both cars home in the points." |
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Silverstone, England. |
Cold and wet | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
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1 |
F Alonso |
Ferrari | 1:46.515 | 1:56.921 | 1:51.746 |
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2 |
M Webber |
Red Bull |
1:47.276 |
1:55.898 | 1:51.793 |
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3 |
M Schumacher |
Mercedes |
1:46.571 |
1:55.799 | 1:52.020 |
| 7 |
P Maldonado FW34 02 RS27-5362/2 |
Williams F1 Team | 1:46.449 (3rd) | 1:56.802 (8th) | 1:53.539 |
| 15 |
B Senna |
Williams F1 Team | 1:47.105 (9th) | 1:57.426 | - |
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British GP: Williams Qualifying Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 08/07/2012 09:48
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