The AT&T Williams team’s
race prospects in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today were tempered
by a poor qualifying outcome on Saturday which gave the team limited
opportunity to compete for a good finish. Given the qualifying result,
the team deployed a one-stop strategy for Kazuki Nakajima and a two-stop
strategy for Nico Rosberg to retain the widest degree of flexibility for
differing race scenarios. Ultimately, the absence of any major weather
or safety car events and the timing of pitstops meant that the one-stop
option for Kazuki proved to be the more fruitful. He advanced from 17th
on the grid to 12th at the finish, a position he strongly defended on
the run to the flag. Nico Rosberg was less able to progress with his two
stop programme and finished P15.
Nico Rosberg:
"My
race was not good today, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. We ran a
different strategy to Kazuki just to see if we could generate some
advantage, but it didn’t pay off and it wasn’t a lot of fun driving at
the back. It didn’t really represent our capability as our pace was okay
and we were the tenth fastest car. I made a few passes but it was quite
difficult to overtake as our top gear was too short. From here we can
look forward to Brazil which should be a bit better for us, and then
after this season working with the team on a positive winter in order to
move us forward for next year."
Kazuki Nakajima: "I
think it was a good race for me considering where I started. Initially
it was very hard work managing the car on a heavy fuel load. I lost
position off the line, but during the first stint I managed to develop a
good race pace. The other significant part of the race for me was the
last period when I had to work hard to keep quite a few cars behind me
and defend my position, and I was pleased that I succeeded in this."
Patrick Head, Director of
Engineering: "It
was not a strong result today, but I thought Kazuki did a good job
defending his position. As we qualified poorly, we had to do something a
bit adventurous with our strategy, so we split our options on the cars,
but unfortunately the two stop route we took with Nico didn’t work.
Having not attended a race for some time, I must say I am very impressed
with the professionalism of the race team. The car is reliable, but the
problem remains that on this type of circuit it is just not quick
enough."
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"I
think it was a good race for me considering where I started. Initially
it was very hard work managing the car on a heavy fuel load. I lost
position off the line, but during the first stint I managed to develop a
good race pace. The other significant part of the race for me was the
last period when I had to work hard to keep quite a few cars behind me
and defend my position, and I was pleased that I succeeded in this."
"It
was not a strong result today, but I thought Kazuki did a good job
defending his position. As we qualified poorly, we had to do something a
bit adventurous with our strategy, so we split our options on the cars,
but unfortunately the two stop route we took with Nico didn’t work.
Having not attended a race for some time, I must say I am very impressed
with the professionalism of the race team. The car is reliable, but the
problem remains that on this type of circuit it is just not quick
enough."
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