Japanese GP: Williams Martini Qualifying Review


By Williams Martini Racing
September 26 2015

 
 Williams Martini Japanese GP Qualifying Review
Bottas
 
Qualifying Notes
• Valtteri Bottas qualified third and Felipe Massa fifth for tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix.
• Both cars made it through Q1 on the prime tyre before needing only one option tyre run each in Q2 to safely make it into the top ten shootout.
• Neither driver had a chance to improve on their final runs in Q3 as the session was red flagged following an accident for Kvyat.
 
Massa 
 
Felipe Massa:
"It was a good qualifying where we managed to save a set of tyres for tomorrow. The car was competitive even if I didn’t get to show its full pace due to the red flag in Q3. After such a big accident it’s good to see Daniil jump out of the car. We have a long race tomorrow which we are looking forward to and I believe we can deliver a strong performance."
Bottas
 
Valtteri Bottas:
"I’m really happy to be third again in Suzuka. It has been a good day. We made some changes after FP3 and those changes were exactly what we needed, so as a team we have really performed well. I feel comfortable with the car and around here that is very important. I enjoyed the session a lot. We have limited data on tyre wear due to the conditions yesterday, but starting third we need to target the podium tomorrow."
Rob Smedley
 
Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"The important point to make first is that Kvyat is ok, after what was a big accident. Without the red flag we could have taken third and fourth, and that was our target coming into the session. It was a great team effort throughout the whole day and we have a competitive car. The longer runs look good and we have to convert qualifying into a strong points score over our competitors tomorrow."
Bottas
 

Track Suzuka, Japan
Lap Length 5.807kms / 3.608 miles

Weather Warm and Dry
Air: 26-28°C Track: 32-37°C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Q1

Q2

Q3
1 N Rosberg Mercedes 1:33.015 1:32.632 1:32.584
2 L Hamilton Mercedes 1:32.844 1:32.789 1:32.660
           
3 V Bottas Williams Martini Racing 1:34.326 1:33.416 1:33.024
5 F Massa Williams Martini Racing 1:34.744 1:33.377 1:33.337
 
Bottas
 

Japanese GP: Williams Martini Qualifying Review
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