Japanese GP: Williams Martini Friday Practice Review

By Williams Martini Racing
October 7 2016

 
 Williams Martini Japanese GP Friday Practice Review
Bottas
 
Objectives
• Aero evaluations, set up and tyre work.
 

Massa 

Felipe Massa:
"It was a normal Friday. We were mostly just trying to understand the tyres, the different aspects of the car and doing the long runs. I think we need to analyse where we are compared to our competitors tonight because this weekend is going to be another fight, but I hope we can have a good one."

Bottas 
 

Valtteri Bottas:
"I think it was a pretty straightforward Friday. We got everything done that we had planned and there were no big issues. Balance-wise, I’m already pleased with the car but we still need to focus on tyre performance. I think getting more performance out of the soft tyre over one lap is the key, and then on the long runs we need to get both of the compounds working at 100%."

 

Rob Smedley
 

Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"It was a fairly normal Friday for us and we completed most of the work that we needed to in FP1 and FP2. We tested different suspension geometries and aerodynamic components, which we’ll have to analyse tonight, but everything looked reasonably good. In the afternoon we concentrated on the balance of the car and tyre performance, and it all went smoothly. Everything looks good on both low and high fuel runs so I think we are in our normal position, maybe a little bit further forward. The weekend has started quite well."

 
Massa
 
Williams F1 Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine FP1 FP2
V BOTTAS FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid 1:35.381 (10th) 1:34.028 (9th)
F MASSA FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid 1:36.169 (16th) 1:34.127 (11th)
Quickest Times
    N. Rosberg 1:32.431 N. Rosberg 1:32.250
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  FP1 FP2
Weather Warm and Dry Warm and Dry
Air  & Track Temp 21-24°C / 30-36°C 24-25°C / 31-34°C
 
FW38
 

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