Chinese GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
April 15 2011

The AT&T Williams team looks back at their Friday practice for the 2011 CHinese Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Chinese GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1
• Evaluation of new exhaust system (Rubens’ car)
• Track learning for Pastor
Objectives P2
• Qualifying and race tyre evaluations
• Set‐up work
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 "We were testing new parts on my car in practice today. They seemed to lose a little bit of performance towards the end of the last session though which means we’ll have to work hard to evaluate them properly. We need to go through the data to see whether we will keep to this plan or go back to the original one."
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
 "Today went well and we’ve learnt a lot. I did lots of miles which is useful because this is my first time at this circuit. The car felt good, especially on the long runs in P2. We don’t know where the others are or what fuel they’re running, but I think we’re looking better here than we were in Malaysia."
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"After a productive morning with both cars, we had some issues with the new exhaust system we’re running on Rubens’ FW33 in the second session. We'll now review the data to decide whether or not to race it. That aside, we covered good mileage on the Option tyre which has given us some solid data for the race. We will fit new engines in both cars for tomorrow."
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
R BARRICHELLO FW33-03 CA205 1:41.939 (17th) 25 laps 1:39.925 (16th) 32 laps
       
P MALDONADO FW33-02 CA204 1:41.222 (8th) 20 laps 1:39.667 (12th) 37 laps
       
Quickest Times
    Vettel 1:38.739 Vettel 1:37.688
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Cloudy and windy As P1, with some drizzle
Air Temp 26 - 27C 26 - 27C
Track Temp 28 - 31C 31 - 3549C
 

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