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 Chinese GP Qualifying Review:
In another fiercely fought qualifying battle, AT&T Williams team drivers Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima both eased into Q2, Nico entering in P5 and Kazuki in P15. Kazuki, however, was unable to progress past Q2 and was left in P15 at the flag. Glock’s five place penalty promotes Kazuki to fourteenth on the grid for tomorrow’s race. Nico fared somewhat better making it into the final round of qualifying, therefore maintaining his unblemished record this season, and ended the deciding session with the seventh fastest time of the day.
Nico Rosberg:
Nico Rosberg"This is where we are at the moment. We are the fourth best team out there so seventh place is more or less where we expected to be. We struggled slightly in warming up the tyres, but otherwise I am quite pleased. Strategy-wise, we are looking good and I’m not worried about our race pace. If you look at Malaysia we were pretty strong in the race even though the tyres are a challenge, both hard and soft. We’ll have to see how everyone around us looks in terms of fuel. It would be good if, after Australia and Malaysia, things would go a bit more our way tomorrow. I must say that, for me, today’s surprise was Alonso."
Kazuki Nakajima: 
Nakajima"The car is as competitive as it was in Malaysia and we’re still making progress, so this result is a shame. I really hope I can do better in the race, but we first need to look at our data and see what was going on with the car and try to resolve it. We’ll do our best to get a good strategy in place as you never know what can happen in a Grand Prix."
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"It’s disappointing that Kazuki wasn’t higher today. With Nico, we could have done better in managing his run in Q3, but it didn’t work out as planned today. We should have a more competitive race pace, so we’re looking forward to a good performance tomorrow."

Shanghai International Circuit, China
5.451kms / 3.387 miles

Warm and sunny
Air: 24 - 250C, Track: 36 – 380C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Q1

Q2

Q3

1

S Vettel

 Red Bull

-

-

1:36.184

2

F Alonso

Renault

-

-

1:36.381

3

M Webber

Red Bull

-

-

1:36.466

7

N Rosberg
FW31-03 H453

AT&T Williams

1:35.941 (5th)

1:35.809 (8th)

1:37.397

15*

K Nakajima
FW31-04 H451

AT&T Williams

1:36.673 (15th)

1:36.193

-

 
 * Glock P14 plus 5 position penalty for a gearbox change. Nakajima will therefore start in P14.
 

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Williams Chinese Qualifying Review
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Re: Williams Chinese Qualifying Review
Posted by: Francesc (IP Logged)
Date: 18/04/2009 08:54

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Nakajima
we first need to look at our data and see what was going on with the car and try to resolve it.

You're the problem, not the car, what a looong year coming if the team keeps you

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