Japanese GP: Williams Martini Friday Practice Review
By Williams Martini Racing
October 7 2016
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Williams Martini
Japanese GP Friday
Practice Review |
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Objectives
• Aero evaluations, set up and tyre work. |
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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." |
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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%." |
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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." |
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Williams F1 Classification |
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| Driver |
Chassis & Engine |
FP1 |
FP2 |
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| V BOTTAS |
FW38-03,
PU106C Hybrid |
1:35.381
(10th) |
1:34.028
(9th) |
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| F MASSA |
FW38-02,
PU106C Hybrid |
1:36.169
(16th) |
1:34.127
(11th) |
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Quickest Times |
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N.
Rosberg 1:32.431 |
N.
Rosberg 1:32.250 |
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Practice Conditions |
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FP1 |
FP2 |
| Weather |
Warm and Dry |
Warm and Dry |
| Air
& Track Temp |
21-24°C /
30-36°C |
24-25°C /
31-34°C |
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