Abu Dhabi GP: Williams Martini Qualifying Review

By Williams Martini Racing
November 28 2015

 
 Williams Martini Abu Dhabi GP Qualifying Review
Massa
 
Qualifying Notes
• Valtteri Bottas qualified sixth and Felipe Massa eighth for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
• Both drivers improved their lap times throughout the three segments of qualifying, but did not have the grip required to challenge the second row of the grid.
• The positions from fifth to ninth were closely-contested with five drivers covered by just four tenths of a second.
 
Massa 
 		 Felipe Massa:
"The lap wasn't too bad, but the times were very tight at the top. The Force India was very strong and the two positions in front of me were split by just a tenth. Our long run pace is good, but the teams in front are strong so the race could be tough, a hard battle. But we have the opportunity to improve as there will be a few teams with similar pace to us in the fight."
Bottas
  		 Valtteri Bottas:
"We expected slightly more from qualifying, but I think we have a competitive car for tomorrow to fight with Force India, Red Bull and hopefully Ferrari. The balance felt good today but we were just missing some speed, as we have been all weekend. It should be an exciting race and we will fight to the end for every position to finish the season on a high."
Rob Smedley
  		 Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"We probably got as much as we could out of today, given the conditions and how we've set up the cars. Obviously that's not where we want to be, but we're inside the top 10 and we can look forwards tomorrow and finish higher up. We’ve set the cars up well for the race knowing it would be a compromise for qualifying, so we are still aiming to finish on a high on the podium."
Massa
 

Track Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
Lap Length 5.554kms / 3.451 miles

Weather Warm and Dry
Air: 25-26C Track: 28-30°C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Q1

Q2

 Q3
1 N Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.111 1:40.979 1:40.237
2 L Hamilton Mercedes 1:40.974 1:40.758 1:40.614
3 K Raikkonen Ferrari 1:42.500 1:41.612 1:41.051
           
6 V Bottas Williams Martini Racing 1:42.608 1:41.868 1:41.656
8 F Massa Williams Martini Racing 1:42.303 1:42.349 1:41.759
 
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