United States GP: Double points for Williams Martini
By Williams Martini Racing
November 3 2014
The Williams Martini team would come away with a double points scoring result after the running of the 2014 United States GP. Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas would finish in 4th and 5th. This would increase their lead in the Constructors Championship in their fight for third place., with just two races remaining in the 2014 season.
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Race Notes • Felipe Massa finished fourth and Valtteri Bottas fifth in today’s United States Grand Prix. • Felipe and Valtteri drove clean and consistent races, but after Ricciardo moved ahead during the pitstops, the Red Bull had the pace to hold onto the final podium position. • WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING has extended its advantage over Ferrari for third in the Constructors’ Championship to 42 points. |
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Felipe Massa: "I had a very good start to get up to third place and we showed strong pace throughout the race, but unfortunately a slower than normal pitstop allowed Ricciardo to jump me and this could have cost us a podium which was possible. These things happen though and the team have been operating at a very high level with pitstops this season so we need to quickly move on from this one. On the whole we need to see this as a positive weekend as we have scored more points than our rivals in the Constructors’ Championship and we have good momentum for the final two races of the season." |
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Valtteri Bottas: "Overall we have managed to secure some good points and increased our lead over Ferrari for third in the Constructors’ Championship, but there are a number of things we can learn from today. I had a bit of clutch slip at the beginning which allowed Ricciardo to jump me in the first corner. The Red Bull’s also had better tyre management and could run at a better pace for longer, so that made it difficult to catch Ricciardo after he jumped me at the pitstops. At this point in the season we’re trying to maximise our points haul and this has been a solid result that puts us in a good position headed into Brazil." |
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Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle
Performance: "We are slightly disappointed to have lost places to where we started, but at the end of the day Ricciardo was quicker than us and drove a very good race. We need to analyse our strategy as our pitstop choice allowed Red Bull to jump us for the podium, so we will go away and assess what we could have done differently and rectify that for next time. We are focused on consolidating third place in the Constructors’ Championship and we need to be satisfied with the fact that we have extended our position over Ferrari so well done to all of the team for another strong performance." |
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Track Circuit of the Americas,
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Weather Warm and Dry | |||
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L Hamilton |
Mercedes | 1:40:04.785 (1:41.929) |
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| 2 | N Rosberg | Mercedes | +4.314 (1:41.932) | 1 |
| 3 | D Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | +25.560 (1:42.831) | 1 |
| 4 | F MASSA | Williams Martini Racing | +26.924 (1:42.971) | 3 |
| 5 | V BOTTAS | Williams Martini Racing | +30.992 (1:42.505) | 4 |
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United States GP: Double points for Williams Martini
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 03/11/2014 10:55
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Re: United States GP: Double poins for Williams Martini
Posted by: backsoon (IP Logged)
Date: 03/11/2014 11:01
I am almost certain that if it should have been Bottas behind Ricciardo he would have give him a harder time.
Re: United States GP: Double points for Williams Martini
Posted by: crusty_bread (IP Logged)
Date: 03/11/2014 11:39
Well it wasn't Bottas behind him at the end because Bottas was several seconds further back so by extension, it was Massa giving Ricciardo the hardest time.
Further- Massa could barely catch Ricciardo because both were on identical tyres. The only reason he inched up was due to better tyre management- the pitstop 1 lap later was a miniscule advantage, and even then, he didn't catch Ricciardo fast enough for a move to be expected. Bottas had brand new soft tyres, emerged right on Ricciardo's gearbox and Ricciardo had mediums on, so it made sense Bottas put up more of a fight and he flunked it.
Further- Massa could barely catch Ricciardo because both were on identical tyres. The only reason he inched up was due to better tyre management- the pitstop 1 lap later was a miniscule advantage, and even then, he didn't catch Ricciardo fast enough for a move to be expected. Bottas had brand new soft tyres, emerged right on Ricciardo's gearbox and Ricciardo had mediums on, so it made sense Bottas put up more of a fight and he flunked it.
Re: United States GP: Double points for Williams Martini
Posted by: Mikef1 (IP Logged)
Date: 03/11/2014 15:22
No we can't make comments like that because massa was clearly faster. If bottas was the one behind riccardo, he'd have been 10 seconds behind and it would be because massa was out of the race. Massa did the best job and was the only one capable of giving ric a hard time. Bottas was too slow. I don't usually stand up for massa but today he deserves it.
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