Indian GP: Williams Friday Practice Review
By Williams F1 Team
October 26 2012
The Williams F1 team discusses their Friday practice for the 2012 Indian Grand Prix.
| Williams Indian GP Friday Practice Review |
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Objectives P1 & P2 • Aero evaluations • Tyre runs and set-up work • Longer runs in FP2 |
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Pastor Maldonado:
"Today the pace wasn’t quite where we want it to be for qualifying so we will have to work hard and analyse where we can improve to give us the sort of one-lap pace that will get us into Q3. Our long runs continue to be strong though, like they have been all season, so that’s encouraging for the race itself." |
Bruno Senna:
 "We were working hard to get the optimum car set-up today so we had to try a number of things to get the right balance during the second session. On the whole we have had a very productive day and completed what we had set out to do. Now we need to work on improving our set-up ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying." |
Valtteri Bottas:
 "It was a good first practice today because we managed to complete a busy programme. We completed some good aero evaluations and managed to get a good amount of data. This was my first time driving this circuit and I can tell that it will become one of my favourites because it has a nice flow to it and the surface is very smooth which means that tyre wear is lower so you can push the car a bit more." |
Mark Gillan Chief Operations
Engineer: "The
track was in reasonable shape today and we had a couple of very
productive sessions with all three drivers giving very clear and
detailed feedback on their different run programmes. We clearly have
some work to do ahead of qualifying but our longer run pace looks pretty
competitive."
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| AT&T Williams Classification |
| Driver | Chassis & Engine | 1st Session | 2nd Session |
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| P MALDONADO | FW34-04 RS27 5373/2 |
1:30.041 (16th) 26 laps | 1:28.596 (17th) 38 laps |
| B SENNA | FW34-03 RS27-5287/2 |
- | 1:27.738 (10th) 36 laps |
| V BOTTAS | FW34-03 RS27-5287/2 |
1:29.691 (11th) 26 laps | - |
| Quickest Times | |||
| S Vettel 1:27.619 | S Vettel 1:26.221 | ||
| Practice Conditions | |||
| Session 1 | Session 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | Warm and dry | Warm and dry |
| Air Temp | 24 - 28C | 30- 35C |
| Track Temp | 29C | 35 - 38C |
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Indian GP: Williams Friday Practice Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 26/10/2012 13:25
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Re: Indian GP: Williams Friday Practice Review
Posted by: GPL (IP Logged)
Date: 26/10/2012 17:00
I wonder what has happened to the qualie pace in the car strange
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