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Massa can't explain lack of pace

By Andrew Hooper
August 6 2015

 
 Massa can't explain lack of pace
 
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The recent Hungarian Grand Prix would see the Williams Martini team fail to score any points in a race that saw both team drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas struggle for pace. For Felipe Massa the loss of pace, compared to the race at Silverstone, is something he can not explain.

When questioned about their performance at Hungary Felipe would say: "The pace was really, really bad. I don't know why.

"We were slow, especially me, behind in the traffic, especially with the prime tyres.

"I couldn't drive at all, we were missing the overall grip on the car.

"I think maybe the best stint was the last one when I was free with the option tyres but even like that I was not quick.

"I was struggling a lot with the pace and not good at all."

Of more concern for the Williams team was the huge difference between the pace of their cars in qualifying and that of the race.

Smedley spoke of this: "I don't think that we should start concentrating on it being a track layout thing or a slow speed thing.

"We know that this wasn't going to be our best circuit, but all weekend we haven't been as bad as we were on Sunday. So I think that we've got to go away and understand exactly what went wrong.

"Whether or not because of the cooler temperatures and therefore the cooler core or bulk temperatures, we generated more surface damage, more graining, more tearing in the compound is something we'll have to go and see."

 

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