Italian GP: Williams Grand Prix Review

By Williams F1 Team
September 9 2012

The Williams F1 team looks back at their 2012 Italian Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Italian GP Race Review
Senna pit stop
 
Race Notes
• Bruno Senna finished in a points-scoring tenth position in today’s Italian Grand Prix.
• After making a good start, Bruno drove a clean race to make his one-stop strategy work while defending his position throughout.
• Pastor Maldonado finished in 11th, making up eleven places from the grid and narrowly missing out on a double-points finish for the team.
Pastor Maldonado:  Pastor Maldonado
 "It was a tough race, especially starting from the back, but the car showed good pace and was consistent. We just missed out on the points but I was happy to have made up 11 places in the race. I’m looking forward to the next race now as I think the track will suit our car better, so we’ll see."
Bruno Senna 
Bruno Senna"It was very tough to try to make the one-stop strategy work, but we did it and were also lucky with a few cars that were forced to retire. It was a great effort from the team today to make it into the points. Now we look forward to the next few races where we run higher downforce on the car which should suit us better. We will be aiming to build on today and bring home even more points."
Mark Gillan Chief Operations Engineer:
 Mark Gillan"Both drivers had good starts and from 13th on the grid today, we are pleased to have scored a point with Bruno who ran a one-stop strategy and finished in tenth. Pastor also drove well, finishing just behind Bruno in 11th on a two stop strategy, having started back in 22nd following his 10-position grid penalty."
Laurent Debout, Renault Sport F1 team support leader:
 "It was always going to be difficult to score points from our starting positions so for Bruno to come away with one point is some consolation. We have to look forward to Singapore, a very different type of track from here, and one that should suit us a lot better.
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Maldonado
 

Autodrome Nazionale di Monza,Italy
53 laps, 307.029kms / 190.8 miles

Weather Hot and dry
Air : 27 - 29°C Track: 39 - 42°C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Time (Fastest Lap)

Grid

1

L Hamilton

 McLaren 1:19:41.221 (1:28.427, 5th)

1

2

 S Perez Sauber

+ 4.356 (1:27.562, 2nd)

12

3

 F Alonso Ferrari

+ 20.594 (1:28.835, 11th)

 10
 
10 B SENNA
FW34-03 RS275348		 Williams F1 Team + 48.144 (1:28.742, 10th) 13
11 P MALDONADO
FW34-02 R275373		 Williams F1 Team + 48.682 (1:28.053, 4th) 22
 

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