Canadian GP: Bottas 6th in FP2 for Williams Martini


By Andrew Hooper
June 10 2016

The second Friday practice session for the 2016 Canadian GP would see Williams Martini drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa finish in 6th and 13th. It was a session where the Williams drivers were able to complete their programme with out any issues. Valtteri would comment that he felt the car had a good balance while Felipe was simply happy to have a session with out any dramas.

 
  Williams Martini Canadian GP Friday 2nd Practice
 
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Team Summary:
With the start of the second Friday practice it would be Vettel who would set a quick time with a 1m:17.815. Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:17.564, also on the soft tyre. On the supersoft tyre Hulkenberg would go quickest with a 1m:16.533 only to see Perez go quicker with a 1m:16.203. After their first runs the Williams drivers were fifth and sixth but they would drop to sixth and seventh. Vettel would go quickest with a 1m:16.164 still on the soft tyre. Perez would return to the top of the ties with a 1m:16.065. Rosberg was down in fifth running on the soft tyre.

Verstappen would go quickest with a 1m:15.920 but Vettel would go quicker and then Ricciardo. Ricciardo's time was a 1m:15.530. But Verstappen would respond with a 1m:15.442 to be quickest. Rosberg was now third but he was still on the soft tyre. With just over fifteen minutes of the session completed Valtteri and Felipe were tenth and twelfth. Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:15.343 but again Verstappen would respond with a 1m:15.259. Alonso was seventh to be behind Hulkenberg. Hamilton would again go quickest with a 1m:14.941. After their ultrasoft tyre runs Valtteri and Felipe would be second and fourth.

More drivers were coming out on the ultrasoft tyre with Perez going sixth, 1m:15.666. Rosberg would go quickest with a 1m:14.751 with Hulkenberg and Perez fifth and sixth. But Sainz would move into sixth while Hamilton would set a 1m:14.212 to move ahead of Rosberg. Rosberg had improved slightly with a 1m:14.738. After the ultrasoft tyre runs Valtteri and Felipe would be third and eighth. Vettel would go third seeing Valtteri fourth. Verstappen and Ricciardo were now fourth and fifth. Valtteri was now sixth and Felipe eleventh. Vettel would split the two Mercedes with a 1m:14.469 to be second. Button was up to seventh. With forty minutes remaining both Williams cars were back out still on the ultrasoft tyre.

The track was now quite busy as both Williams cars weer circulating with laps times in the mid to high 1m:18s. With thirty minutes remaining both Williams drivers continued on their longer runs. Both Red Bull cars were on the supersoft tyre for their long runs. Their next runs would see the Williams cars split their programme with Valtteri on the supersoft and Felipe the soft. Valtteri and Felipe would complete their long runs and with the end of the session were in sixth and thirteenth. Both drivers would complete practice pit stops with the end of the session.

Valtteri Bottas:
Valtteri would take to the track first for Williams running on the supersoft tyre. Valtteri would go quickest in the first two sectors but he would abort his lap pitting instead. Valtteri would return to the track and would set a 1m:17.261 to be fifth. Valtteri had dropped down the order but would also improve with a 1m:16.538 to be sixth. This would become seventh then tenth. Like others Valtteri would improve with a 1m:16.125 to be seventh. Currently eighth Valtteri would pit having completed seven laps. Valtteri would also return running on the ultrasoft tyre. Valtteri would jump up to second with a 1m:15.213.

Valtteri would pit having made a mistake at the final chicane being forced to run past the bollard to return. Valtteri would drop to third then fourth and then sixth. Valtteri would continue on the ultrasoft tyre setting times now in the low to mid 1m:192. Valtteri would pit taking on a set of supersoft tyres for his next run. Valtteri would complete twenty five laps on his supersoft tyre prior to pitting with the end of the session.

Felipe Massa:
With his car repaired Felipe would come out but unlike his team-mate he would be running on the soft tyre. His first lap would be a 1m:18.448 to be second but he would drop to fourth. Felipe would improve with a 1m:17.977 to be third. Felipe would drop to sixth right behind his team-mate, but Felipe was on the harder tyre. Felipe would again improve with a 1m:16.926 but as others went quicker this would only see him eleventh. Felipe would pit after a short run of six laps. After a short stop Felipe would return on the ultrasoft tyre. Felipe would finish with a 1m:15.703 to be fourth. This was 0.762 behind the quickest time set on the soft tyre. Felipe would also improve with a 1m:15.513 remaining in fourth.

Felipe would pit after four laps. Felipe would drop to seventh then to eleventh. With his return to the track Felipe was thirteenth. Felipe would pit having complete sixteen laps on this set of tyres. Felipe would return on a set of used soft tyres. Felipe would cut the final chicane joining the many others. With ten minutes remaining Felipe had completed twelve laps on the soft tyre. He would finish with twenty laps on the soft tyre as the session ended.

 
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Pos  Driver         	Team		        Time     Laps
1  Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1m14.212s 43
2  Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1m14.469s 45
3  Nico Rosberg		Mercedes		1m14.738s 46
4  Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Renault	1m15.156s 29
5  Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1m15.168s 43
6  Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1m15.213s 46
7  Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		1m15.213s 35
8  Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari			1m15.234s 43
9  Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m15.321s 50
10 Carlos Sainz		Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m15.410s 42
11 Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		1m15.450s 40
12 Sergio Perez		Force India-Mercedes	1m15.493s 47
13 Felipe Massa		Williams-Mercedes	1m15.513s 44
14 Daniil Kvyat		Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m15.559s 42
15 Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		1m16.093s 35
16 Kevin Magnussen	Renault			1m16.255s 39
17 Felipe Nasr		Sauber-Ferrari		1m16.582s 40
18 Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari		1m16.591s 32
19 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		1m16.902s 51
20 Jolyon Palmer	Renault			1m17.001s 48
21 Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes		1m17.023s 32
22 Rio Haryanto		Manor-Mercedes		1m17.423s 49
 
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