German GP: Williams F1 Qualifying Review
By Williams F1 Team
July 6 2013
| Williams German GP Qualifying Review |
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Qualifying Notes • Valtteri Bottas qualified 17th with Pastor Maldonado 18th for tomorrow’s German Grand Prix, the team’s 600th race. • Valtteri just missed out on Q2 by 0.012 seconds, with Pastor just behind after a very close first qualifying session. |
Pastor Maldonado:  "Pastor Maldonado: We were expecting something a bit better today, but the car is very tricky to drive on a track like this. We need to keep working hard to solve the problems we have identified with the car and move further up the grid. It’s going to be a tough race tomorrow as the slow corners do not suit our car, but we’ll do everything we can to score some points." |
Valtteri Bottas: "We
got the most out of the car this afternoon. Things were very close
between me and Pastor, but we don’t have the pace at the moment to
progress any further. The track temperatures are higher and it’s a bit
windier today which meant that every tenth or hundredth counted,
resulting in a very close session. We need to keep pushing and do what
we can in the race tomorrow."
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Mike Coughlan, Technical
Director: "We
had a difficult start to the day after a KERS failure on Pastor's car
this morning, which is still being investigated, but the team did a
great job to be ready in time for FP3. In FP3 we could see we had more
speed but we were lacking grip. We made some changes ahead of
qualifying, but unfortunately didn't make the progress we wanted to.
Pastor then had a water pump leak in Q1 which meant he could do only one
timed lap. Both drivers also struggled to get the necessary temperature
into their tyres. We now need to look to tomorrow's race to see what we
can do."
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Nürburgring Circuit, Germany |
Weather: Warm and dry | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
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1 |
L Hamilton |
Mercedes | 1:31.131 | 1:30.152 | 1:29.398 |
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2 |
S Vettel | Red Bull | 1:31.269 | 1:29.992 | 1:29.501 |
| 3 | M Webber | Red Bull | 1:31.428 | 1:30.217 | 1:29.608 |
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V Bottas |
Williams F1 Team | 1:31.693 | - | - |
| 18 |
P Maldonado FW35 02 RS27-5466/2 |
Williams F1 Team | 1:31.707 | - | - |
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German GP: Williams F1 Qualifying Review
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 06/07/2013 15:40
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