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 Williams British GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Analysis of new aero components
• Mechanical set-up work

Objectives P2
• Performance evaluations with low and high fuel loads
• Further mechanical set-up work and tyre comparisons
 
Nico Rosberg: Nico Rosberg
 "We tried a few things, especially with the car’s aerodynamics, and we definitely learned a lot. The wind made things quite difficult though so it wasn’t so straightforward to find the right set-up direction today, but we made the best of it. It’s always a compromise between the quick corners in the first sector and the slow corners in the last sector. Tyre-wise, maybe the option isn’t quite as good as we would have hoped, but it’s still the better tyre here."

Runs P1: 1 install (new prime), 8 (scrubbed prime), 6 (scrubbed prime), 11 (scrubbed prime)
Runs P2: 3 (scrubbed prime), 11 (new prime), 11 (new option), 4 (new option), 3 (scrubbed option)
Kazuki Nakajima: Nakajima
 "Today’s sessions went well for us. I was caught up in quite a bit of traffic in the early runs, but managed to get some clear air later on. We tried many different set-ups with the car; some of which were quite interesting, so we now need to look at the data in preparation for tomorrow’s qualifying."

 

Runs P1: 1 install (new prime), 8 (scrubbed prime), 6 (scrubbed prime), 5 (scrubbed prime)
Runs P2: 4 (scrubbed prime), 6 (new prime), 8 (new option), 10 (new option)
 
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1:
 Sam Michael"That was a good Friday session. We ran through lots of checks with the new parts we‘ve brought here for this race. We’ll go through the data tonight, but everything is working well. We also completed our usual tyre evaluations and cooling checks."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 S Vettel 1:19.400 S Vettel 1:19.456
2 M Webber 1:19.682 M Webber 1:19.597
3 J Button 1:20.227 A Sutil 1:20.141
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
N Rosberg FW31-03/H453 1:20.815 (9th) 32 laps 1:20.468 (9th) 42 laps
K Nakajima FW31-04/H455 1:21.489 (17th) 26 laps 1:20.209 (4th) 36 laps
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Mild but windy Cold but partly sunny
Air Temp 14 - 16C 16 - 17C
Track Temp 19 - 28C 28 - 34C
 

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Williams Friday Practice Review
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