Chinese GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
April 13 2012

The Williams F1 team looks back at their Friday practice for the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Chinese GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1 & P2
• Tyre runs and set-up work
• Aero evaluations and longer runs in P2
 
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
"It was a bit difficult this morning with the track conditions. We need to improve our qualifying set-up and I will work through that with my engineers this evening. We will make some changes overnight but the car is looking stronger for the race. "
Bruno Senna: Bruno Senna
 "It was a productive P2 for us. I don’t know the circuit particularly well so it is a steep learning curve, but I’m learning all the time and we’ll have some further improvements tomorrow."
Valtteri Bottas: Valtteri Bottas
 "The track conditions were pretty tricky today. I have never driven a Formula One car in wet or damp conditions so it was a new experience for me. I liked it though; it was good fun. Even though we had limited running it was important that we completed a run on dry tyres, which we were able to do towards the end of the session."
 
Mark Gillan Chief Operations Engineer:
 Mark Gillan"This morning's session proved quite difficult, with the track remaining damp for a long time and with the associated running conditions straddling between the optimal window for either the intermediate or dry tyres. Towards the end of the first session we were able to complete a number of laps on dry tyres. With the evolving track conditions in the afternoon we worked on both the mechanical and aero balance to try and optimise the set-up for the race, but with reduced running this morning we still have some work to do tomorrow."
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session 2nd Session
       
P MALDONADO FW34-02
RS27 5344/2		 1:40.540 (15th) 12 laps 1:38.176 (11th) 35 laps
       
B SENNA FW33-04
RS27-5340/2		 - 1:38.783 (18th) 37 laps
       
V BOTTAS FW33-04
RS27-5340/2		 1:40.298 (13th) 8 laps -
       
Quickest Times
    L Hamilton 1:37.106 M Schumacher 1:35.973
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Overcast with damp track Dry and cool
Air Temp 14 - 15C 14 - 15C
Track Temp 13 - 14C 15 - 15C
 

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