Spanish GP: Williams Martini Friday Practice Review

By Williams Martini Racing
May 13 2017

 
 Williams Martini Spanish GP Friday Practice Review
Stroll
 
Objectives
• Aero evaluations, set-up and tyre work.
 

Massa 

Felipe Massa:
"The session was a good one I would say. The medium and the hard tyres were quite tricky to run, and we did struggle with them a bit, especially with overheating. But, many others were struggling to make these tyres work too, so it’s not so bad. On the whole it was quite a positive day."

Stroll 
  

 Lance Stroll:
"It was a tough day for me just putting everything together and getting everything to work. I didn’t get the medium working very well, and it was particularly difficult to find grip and stability in the car. It was quite easy to miss corners, have snaps and make mistakes, especially when you lose the temperatures in the tyres, so I have to look tonight to try and make it better for the race. I made a mistake on my first lap on the soft's, then did two more laps and I finally did a lap time, but the tyre was gone at the end. Not the end of the world, as it is only practice."
 

Paddy Lowe
  

Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer:
"Today we did some test work for new aerodynamic parts, and various other settings on the car. We also looked at the different tyres for the weekend. We ran a different programme to normal, with more focus on the medium tyre on race fuel loads in FP1 and FP2. The medium tyre has proved to be a difficult tyre to work with, both in pre-season testing and in Bahrain. We gathered all the data that we needed today and we had no problems, aside from disruptions to the track running with the red flags. Felipe set a good pace, which looks competitive. Lance struggled with the tyres today. But we’re optimistic that he’ll be on the pace of the car tomorrow. There's lots of analysis for us to do tonight and we look forward to the excitement of qualifying tomorrow."
 
Motorhome
 
Williams F1 Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine FP1 FP2
F MASSA FW38-03 1:24.618 (14th) 1:22.015 (9th)
L STROLL FW38-02 1:25.919 (18th) 1:23.221 (17th)
Quickest Times
    L. Hamilton 1:21.521 L. Hamilton 1:20.802
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  FP1 FP2
Weather Warm and dry Warm and dry
Air  & Track Temp 18-23°C / 23-38°C 24-26°C / 39-45°C
 
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