The Williams F1 team would complete their final day of testing at the Mugello circuit. Pastor Maldonado would carry out the driving duties on a day that again saw the team evaluate various aerodynamic configurations. Pastor's time on the track would be delayed by an electrical problem that saw him lose the morning running.
Mugello Test
03:05:2012 Day Three
Driver: Pastor
Maldonado
Chassis / engine: FW34-01 / RS27-5263/1
Location: Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Italy 5.245km
Objectives: Aero evaluations
Weather: Cloudy with some sunshine and dry
Ambient & track temps: 23ºC / 30ºC
Day three of the Williams F 1teams Mugello and Pastor Maldonado had taken
over from Bruno Senna. Pastor's day would
see him complete one lap and then return to the pits having an electrical
problem with his car. He would pit at
around 9:30 and would not return to the track until after 2:30 in the
afternoon. His second run would see him
complete seven laps with a best time of 1m:25.191. He had only completed
thirteen laps. The best time had been set
by Vettel with a 1m:21.267, to see Pastor 3.9 seconds off the pace.
His next run would see another seven laps run with times from the 1m:25s
through to the 1m:29s. He would pit after
having completed a total of twenty three laps. As the day drew to a close
Pastor would return to the track and
would set his best time so far a 1m:25.158. At this time the quickest time
was a 1m:21.035 from Grosjean. Pastor
would continue with his run and his next series of laps would see him set
times ranging from a 1m:29.895 to a
1m:24.319. He would it just before 4:30PM and return after a ten minute
break. His next series of laps would again
see a range of times with the quickest been a 1m:24.500. He would pit having
completed forty two laps in total.
He would return to the track for a series of runs one consisting of just two
laps and the others around six to
seven laps. On his last run he would set a 1m:22.497 on his sixty first lap.
He would complete sixty three laps in
the day. The quickest time would still remain with Grosjean, a 1m:21.035.
Pastor would finish the day seventh in
the times. Despite been down the order the Williams team was not focusing on
out and out speed but collecting data as part of their aero dynamics
evaluations.
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: We had a disappointing start to this
morning's session with an electrical
problem that necessitated stripping the car, thus incurring a large loss in
track time. The mechanics worked hard
to get the car back out on track in the early afternoon. We modified the run
plan accordingly and successfully
completed a number of aerodynamic and systems tests.
Pastor Maldonado: We lost some time this morning but we had a good
afternoon. The track is amazing so it was good
to get a few runs completed this afternoon. We gathered a lot of data and I
feel positive heading into the next
race.
The Williams F1 Team will be back on track in Barcelona for the Spanish
Grand Prix, 11 – 13 May.
DRIVER TEAM TIME BEST / TOTAL LAPS
1 R Grosjean Lotus F1 Team 1:21.035 47 / 66
2 S Vettel Red Bull Racing 1:21.267 34 / 106
3 F Alonso Ferrari 1:21.363 17 / 98
4 D Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:21.604 91 / 117
5 S Perez Sauber F1 Team 1:22.229 39 / 118
6 N Hülkenberg Sahara Force India 1:22.325 34 / 55
7 P Maldonado Williams F1 Team 1:22.497 61 / 63
8 N Rosberg Mercedes 1:22.579 128 / 129
9 O Turvey McLaren Mercedes 1:22.662 98 / 99
10 P Di Resta Sahara Force India 1:23.002 33 / 34
11 H Kovalainen Caterham F1 Team 1:23.169 50 / 139
12 T Glock Marussia 1:23.466 87 / 110
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