| Reactions: German GP Qualifying |
| Today’s qualifying outcome has set the AT&T Williams team a tough challenge for tomorrow’s German GP at Hockenheim. Nico Rosberg progressed to Q2 and will line up for tomorrow’s race in P13, while Kazuki Nakajima just failed to make the cut in an extremely tight Q1 and consequently will start tomorrow in sixteenth place. In eighteen starts so far this year, the drivers have bettered their qualifying position on eleven occasions and there will be a clear ambition to achieve this in tomorrow’s race and hunt for valuable points in the process. |
Nico Rosberg: "It
was all pretty close today and we had a good chance to make it into the
top ten but it just didn’t play out that way in the end. Nevertheless, I
am still quite happy with the improvements in our car and we have taken
a step forward. Out on track today it was a bit difficult, especially
during my last runs because we had changeable conditions, with the wind
intensity and direction constantly variable, which seemed to affect the
car. Let’s hope that tomorrow we can have a good race and score some
points, which from P13 is a real possibility."
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Kazuki Nakajima: "Unfortunately
today I don’t think I managed to get everything out of the car in the
last lap, especially in sector three where I realised I was being too
conservative. Because it was so tight at the end of Q1 today, it cost me
quite badly, but with every lap, the feeling I have with the car is
improving, so hopefully I will have a better race."
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Sam Michael
Technical Director WilliamsF1 "We
are where we expected to be after the pre-GP test and the practice
sessions here. The grid is exceptionally close and being on the bottom
end of that tight pack means it will be a difficult race. We had no
mechanical issues with the cars today. We will turn our attention to the
race and see what we might be able to get out of it with a good strategy
tomorrow." |
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Hockenheim, Germany |
WEATHER: Broken cloud | ||||
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
|
1 |
L Hamilton |
McLaren Mercedes |
- |
- |
1:15.666 |
|
2 |
F Massa |
Ferrari |
- |
- |
1:15.859 |
|
3 |
H Kovalainen |
McLaren Mercedes |
- |
- |
1:16.143 |
|
18 |
N Rosberg |
AT&T Williams |
1:15.863 (9th) |
1:15.633 |
- |
|
15 |
K Nakajima |
AT&T Williams |
1:16.083 |
- |
- |
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