Williams F1 Australian GP Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
March 15 2013

Objectives
• Aero evaluations, tyre testing and long runs

Pastor Maldonado:
"We ran some different tests today on the car and the tyres, so we haven’t got the maximum pace out of the car yet. We have a lot of work to do before tomorrow, but we have another practice session to focus on the set-up needed for qualifying and we’ll be analysing all today’s data this evening."

Valtteri Bottas:
"It felt good to be back on track today. It’s a new circuit for me so it took a few laps in the first practice to get to know it a little better. The track improved a lot going into the second session with much more grip, so I felt like the car could still improve further. We will analyse all the data tonight and keep working on the car in FP3 to get everything ready for qualifying."

Mike Coughlan, Technical Director:
"We did some aero evaluations this morning comparing the two packages that we brought to Melbourne. We'll be running our FW35 launch aero package for the remainder of the weekend as it has proven better around the Albert Park circuit and in the conditions we have here. This afternoon we ran through a fuel level and tyre programme. We'll now look at the data and be ready for tomorrow."

Williams F1 Classification

Driver	Chassis & Engine	FP1	FP2

P MALDONADO	FW35-02 RS27-5444/2	1:29.443 (14th) 20 laps	1:28.852 (16th) 36 laps

V BOTTAS	FW35-01 RS27-5462/2	1:29.928 (15th) 19 laps	1:29.386 (18th) 39 laps

Quickest Times
		S Vettel 1:27.211	S Vettel 1:25.908


Practice Conditions

	FP1	FP2
Weather	Warm and dry	Warm and dry
Air & Track Temp	22 - 23C / 29 - 39C	22 - 23C / 28 - 37C

Williams F1 Australian GP Friday Practice Review

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