Brazilian GP: Williams Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
November 25 2012
The Williams F1 team looks back at their qualifying for the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Qualifying Notes • Pastor Maldonado qualified sixth and Bruno Senna 12th for tomorrow’s Brazilian Grand Prix. • After comfortably getting through into Q3, Pastor put in a strong lap as the times continued to fall after the track had dried out from an earlier rain shower. • Bruno just missed out on Q3 after putting in some good clean laps in Q1. • With heavy rain forecast for tomorrow, the team will be aiming to bring both cars home in the points in the final race of the 2012 season. |
Pastor Maldonado:  "I’m
happy with the qualifying result today. Q1 was a bit close at the end
because of the traffic, but the car felt good. It was very consistent
and quick which meant we were able to push hard in the top 10. We have
continued the form from the last few races, so things are looking good
for the team in this race."
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Bruno Senna "We
were optimistic of getting into Q3 today, but unfortunately as the
weather got hotter it wasn’t the best conditions for the car, and we
were doing slower lap times than this morning’s practice session. We
made a few decisions before qualifying based on the fact that we were
expecting the track to be a bit cooler, but ultimately that wasn’t the
case. P12 isn’t a bad position to start in at Interlagos though, so
we’re in a good position to score points tomorrow."
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Mark Gillan Chief Operations
Engineer: "Having
struggled a bit yesterday, we worked hard overnight to adapt the car
balance for qualifying whilst keeping a watchful eye on the likely wet
race conditions. Both drivers were much happier with the car balance
today and drove very well in the initial damp green track conditions in
Q1. Bruno was ultimately unlucky not to proceed into Q3 and Pastor had a
very good session finishing in a strong P6. The forecast predicts heavy
overnight rain and we look forward to what will no doubt be a very
eventful race."
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Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Weather: Warm and dry | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
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1 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren | 1:15.075 | 1:13.398 | 1:12.458 |
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2 |
J Button |
McLaren | 1:15.456 | 1:13.515 | 1:12.513 |
| 3 | M Webber | Red Bull | 1:16.180 | 1:13.667 | 1:12.581 |
| 6 |
P Maldonado FW34 04 RS27-5366/2 |
Williams F1 Team | 1:16.266 (13th) | 1:13.698 (5th) | 1:13.174 |
| 12 |
B Senna |
Williams F1 Team | 1:15.333 (2nd) | 1:14.219 | - |
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