Silverstone Test: Bottas fastest on Day one


Valtteri Bottas
By Williams F1 Team
July 13 2012

Williams F1 driver Valtteri Bottas would be fastest on day one of the Young Driver Test at the Silversone circuit, in what was a trouble free day.

 
  Silverstone Test 12:07:2012 Day One
 
Bottas
 

Driver: Valtteri Bottas
Chassis / engine: FW34-01 / RS27- 5259/2
Location: Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, England 5.891kms
Objectives: Aero correlation tests and race simulation
Weather: Dry and sunny in the morning, light shower late in the afternoon
Ambient & track temps: 21ºC / 28ºC

Tom McCullough, Race Engineer: It was a very productive day for us. We had some rain in the last 20 minutes which brought our race simulation to an early end, but the car was reliable all day allowing us to gather lots of data for evaluation. We had a very ambitious run plan and achieved nearly everything which is a good result. Valtteri drove excellently all day, doing everything we asked of him without putting a foot wrong.

Valtteri Bottas: It’s been a busy day completing 120 laps without any problems. We had a little rain towards the end but tested everything we wanted to on mixed fuel levels. It’s been a really useful day for both me and the team. The shorter runs are good fun, especially on this track, but I was particularly looking forward to the longer runs. It was really useful to gather some information on how the tyres behave over the various runs and I feel that I am continuing to improve as a driver.

The Williams F1 Team will be back on track tomorrow, Friday 13 July, with Valtteri Bottas continuing in the Williams Renault FW34 for the final day of the test.
  

DRIVER      	 TEAM 		  	TIME      BEST / TOTAL
						  LAPS
1 V Bottas 	 Williams F1 Team 	1:31.436  47 / 120
2 M Chilton      Marussia F1 Team 	1:36.558  31 / 34
3 F Alonso 	 Marussia F1 Team 	1:37.404  13 / 19
4 M Quing Hua    HRT F1 Team		1:37.829  68 / 82
 

Silverstone Test: Bottas fastest on Day one
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 13/07/2012 06:30

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Re: Silverstone Test: Bottas fastest on Day one
Posted by: Mr. Pink (IP Logged)
Date: 13/07/2012 07:45

LOL, Alonso 6s slower than Valtteri...

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Re: Silverstone Test: Bottas fastest on Day one
Posted by: solus (IP Logged)
Date: 13/07/2012 08:20

oh god Alonso in marussia, this is a big story!

Re: Silverstone Test: Bottas fastest on Day one
Posted by: Anderis (IP Logged)
Date: 13/07/2012 11:05

Chilton must be the next big thing. He has outpaced Alonso by 9 tenths in the same car!

Re: Silverstone Test: Bottas fastest on Day one
Posted by: K1 (IP Logged)
Date: 30/10/2012 07:36

is this a test

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