Japanese GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By AT&T Williams F1 Team
October 11 2011

We hear from the AT&T Williams F1 team as they look back at their Friday practice for the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Japanese GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1
• Testing of upgrade components
Objectives P2
• Continued evaluation of FW33 upgrades
• Tyre runs and set‐up work
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 "I had limited running today which was unfortunate. In this morning's session, a puncture cut my session short and then an off this afternoon also put me out early. The car felt quite loose before the incident and so we have a lot of things to look into now."
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
 "An engine problem caused me to stop early in P2. It' my first time at Suzuka so I really need some more laps. We'll have our  work cut out in tomorrow's final session."
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Mark Gillan"We’ve had a difficult start to the weekend with not as much running as we had hoped for. Accordingly, we have now revised the running plan going into P3. We did improve the set‐up between sessions one and two with some aero development and mechanical adjustments on the cars."
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session 2nd Session
R BARRICHELLO FW33-04 CA420 1:38.331 (17th) 11 laps 1:37.123 (18th) 14 laps
       
P MALDONADO FW33-02 CA325 1:38.446 (18th) 8 laps 1:38.387 (21st) 16 laps
       
Quickest Times
    J Button 1:33.534 J Button 1:31.901
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Dry and warm Dry with some cloud cover
Air Temp 22 - 23C 23 - 23C
Track Temp 22 - 27C 28 - 37C
 

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