Turkish GP: Williams Friday Review

By Williams F1 Team
May 28 2010

The AT&T Williams team reviews their Friday practice session for the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Turkish GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Validation of new aero and mechanical components
• Starts practice
Objectives P2
• Set-up work
• Tyre evaluations
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (6 laps, baseline set-up), Run 3: Used Prime (7
laps, aero set-up), Run 4: Used Prime (5 laps, race set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (6 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 2: Used Prime (5 laps, set-up test), Run 3: Used Prime (4 laps, set-up test), Run 4: New Option (5 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 5: Used Option (12 laps, race set-up)

"I had a busy day. The car didn’t really perform that well so we need to search the data tonight to see what we can find for qualifying."

Nico Hulkenberg: Nico Hukelburg
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (2 laps, install), Run 2: New Prime (7 laps, baseline set-up), Run 3: Used Prime (6 laps, aero set-up), Run 4: Used Prime (8 laps, race set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (5 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 2: Used Prime (2 laps, set-up test), Run 3: New Option (4 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 4: Used Option (6 laps, race set-up)

"Today was a typical Friday. We had a problem in the afternoon with a hydraulic leak, but we still managed quite a few laps and covered everything that we wanted to test. We will see where we are tomorrow."

Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"We evaluated a couple of aero parts in the morning, which we continued with in the afternoon. With Rubens’ car, we spent some time working on car set-up, and we still have quite a lot of work to do before tomorrow. Nico made good progress today, but he lost the majority of the second session due to a hydraulic leak. The problem is fully understood and resolved."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 L Hamilton 1:28.653 J Button 1:28.280
2 J Button 1:29.615 M Webber 1:28.378
3 M Schumacher 1:29.750 S Vettel 1:28.590
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
R BARRICHELLO FW32-03/CA122 1:31.464 (17th) 19 LAPS 1:30.766 (17th) 32 LAPS
N HULKENBERG FW32-04/CA124 1:31.355 (16th) 23 LAPS 1:29.987 (12th) 17 LAPS
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Hot Hot
Air Temp 26 - 29C 30C
Track Temp 29 - 40C 50 - 53C
 

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Francesc
28/05/2010 18:54
Pretty extensive quotes, everyday those are longer and longer...

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PABLO 27
28/05/2010 19:31
My God...is that car just once gonna to perform well???

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GO TEAM WILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Francesc
28/05/2010 19:44
This car has some major flaws and those won't be adressed.

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Damon'sFW18
28/05/2010 19:46
It's the worst car Williams ever built, it's no wonder they already started work on the FW33 for next year.

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erratic
28/05/2010 20:06
if they got this car so wrong, what makes anyone think the next one will be any better?

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PABLO 27
28/05/2010 20:43
Quote:
erratic
if they got this car so wrong, what makes anyone think the next one will be any better?

Sadly, I do the same question to myself...

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GO TEAM WILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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