Australian GP: Williams Race Review

By Williams F1 Team
March 28 2010

The AT&T Williams team comments of their performance in the 2010 Australian Grand Prix.

 
 Australian GP Race Review
Aided by the forecasted rain, Melbourne’s Albert Park delivered a thrilling afternoon of racing today. Starting on the fourth row of the grid, Rubens Barrichello again scored points for the team in his second race for AT&T Williams, finishing in eighth place. Nico Hulkenberg’s debut Australian Grand Prix ended before it began as he fell victim to Kobayashi’s turn six incident on the first lap. The team now pack up and travel straight to Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysian Grand Prix next Sunday.
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 "It was a good race, but we should have finished in seventh really. We took the chance to change tyres when we did and go for it. I thought everyone else would also come in, which is why I went for that route. More points for the team today is positive though. The car is good enough; we will just be picking up more points before we get podiums."
Nico Hulkenberg: 
Nico Hukelburg"Today was obviously pretty disappointing. I was already in the corner when I was suddenly hit from behind by Kamui Kobayashi. It was quite a big impact. I’m not sure what caused it, but it’s frustrating because I was looking forward to my first race here."
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1:
 Sam Michael"It was good to get some more points, but we need to bring more performance to the car and to the engine. Doing both is the major part of our development programme over the next few races. Rubens drove well through all the conditions he faced today. Unfortunately, Nico was knocked out of the race by another car."

Albert Park, Melbourne
58 laps, 307.574kms / 191.11 miles

Weather: Intermittent rain
Air 25-260C, Track 22-240C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Time (Fastest Lap)

Grid

1

J Button

McLaren

1:33:36.531 (1:29.291, 6th)

4

2

R Kubica

Renault

+12.034 (1:29.570, 8th)

9

3

F Massa

Ferrari

+14.488 (1:29.537, 7th)

5

 

8

R BARRICHELLO
FW32-01 CA122

AT&T Williams

+60.536 (1:29.210, 5th)

8

DNF

N HULKENBERG
FW32-03 CA120

AT&T Williams

N/A

15

 

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Francesc
28/03/2010 10:22
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Rubens
we will just be picking up more points before we get podiums."

They're onto something?

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erratic
28/03/2010 12:42
It sounds positive and much more convincing coming from an experienced driver like Rubens.

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Mr. Pink
28/03/2010 19:20
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...but we need to bring more performance to the car and to the engine.

I thought they can't do anything with the engine. Maybe some mapping adjustments or cooling upgrades.

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gabal
28/03/2010 20:04
It is probably abot engine integration but most probably the biggest room for improvement is with gearbox (as stated by Barrichello).

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crusty_bread
29/03/2010 14:21
Drivability was flagged up as the main concern. I would have thought tuning an engine was allowed so long as different parts are not added to the engine- so mapping etc may be permissable, from the sound of the comments coming from SM

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boro1986willliamsf1
29/03/2010 14:30
Lets hope they solve it soon what ever it is the sooner the better then we may see the best of the FW32 I am also not supprised we are having problems with gearbox/engine mating the two can be compilcated if the gear box was designed for another engine

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