Belgian GP: Williams Martini Race Review
By Williams Martini Racing
August 29 2016
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Williams Martini
Belgian GP Race Review |
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Race Notes
• Valtteri Bottas finished 8th and Felipe Massa 10th in the Belgian
Grand Prix
• Valtteri remains seventh in the Drivers’ Championship with 62 points,
whereas Felipe is now tenth with 39 points
• The team moves to fifth in the Constructors’ Championship, two points
adrift of Force India |
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Felipe Massa:
"It was a very difficult race. Trying to look after the tyres until
the end and checking the tyre pressures while we were racing was tough.
It was difficult to stay out long enough on track. When the tyres were
there we were fighting for a great position but when the tyres went off
we just couldn’t fight anymore." |
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Valtteri Bottas:
"It was a disappointing day and a shame that we wasted the
opportunity that we had at the beginning of the race. We were in a great
position after the start and when the safety car came in we should have
pitted immediately. We then lost many positions. We tried to get the
most out the race that we could after that, and I’m happy that we could
at least get some points in the end, but overall it was disappointing.
Looking ahead, we’ve got another race next week and obviously we need to
learn from today. Hopefully we’ll be better in Monza." |
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Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle
Performance:
"It was a disappointing race to come out with so few points. The
key point of the race for us was the safety car when Magnusson had the
huge accident and damaged the barrier. We thought it would be a red flag
and so planned our strategy around that, however the red flag didn’t
come out very quickly, and so we had to pit Valtteri. The red flag did
finally come out, as predicted, however by this point it had ruined our
race. From then on our afternoon was set as we just didn’t have the pace
to move further forward. We will now go to Monza and try harder." |
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Track Circuit de
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Lap Length 7.004 km / 4.35 miles |
Weather: Warm and dry
Air 25-27°C, Track: 36-40°C |
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Time/Gap (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
1 |
N Rosberg |
Mercedes |
1:44:51.058 (1:51.746) |
1 |
2 |
D Ricciardo |
Red Bull |
+ 14.113 (1:52.461) |
5 |
3 |
L Hamilton |
Mercedes |
+ 27.634 (1:51.583) |
21 |
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8 |
V BOTTAS |
Williams Martini Racing |
+ 60.151 (1:54.120) |
8 |
10 |
F MASSA |
Williams Martini Racing |
+65.873 (1:54.342) |
10 |
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