British GP: Williams Friday Review

By Williams F1 Team
July 10 2010

The AT&T Williams team looks back at their Friday practice for the 2010 British Grand Prix.

 
 Williams British GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Validation of new aero components
• Set-up work
Objectives P2
• Set-up work
• Tyre evaluations
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (7 laps, baseline set-up), Run 3: Used Prime (5 laps, set-up test), Run 4: Used Prime (4 laps, aero set-up test)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (6 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 2: Used Prime (6 laps, set-up test), Run 3: Used Prime (6 laps, aero set-up test), Run 4: New Option (6 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 5: Used Option (9 laps, race
set-up))
"I was very surprised by Silverstone today. I really love this circuit, it is one of my favourites, but it’s really, really bumpy. It’s quite odd and I’m sorry to say this because I’m usually such a fan. We weren’t anticipating such a bumpy track, so we had to make a lot of unexpected set-up changes in response. The team handled it well though and did a good job today."
Nico Hulkenberg: Nico Hukelburg
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (6 laps, baseline set-up), Run 3: Used Prime (7 laps, set-up test), Run 4: Used Prime (5 laps, aero set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (7 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 2: Used Prime (6 laps, aero set-up test), Run 3: New Option (6 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 4: Used Option (10 laps, race set-up))

"It went ok today. We worked through our run plan and covered everything we needed to, even though I was delayed starting the afternoon session. The car had a gearbox oil leak but the mechanics managed to fix it really quickly so I didn’t lose a great deal of time. I’m not quite happy with the car as it is at the moment, so we’ll be working hard tonight, analysing the data so we improve for tomorrow."

Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"We’ve had a good day evaluating set-up and tyres, as well as testing the new parts that we’ve brought here. The upgrades all worked as expected, including the exhaust blown diffuser, so we will be keeping that on both cars
for the rest of the weekend. Nico’s car had a gearbox oil leak between sessions which cost him some time at the start of the second practice session."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 S Vettel 1:32.280 M Webber 1:31.234
2 L Hamilton 1:32.614 F Alonso 1:31.626
3 R Kubica 1:32.725 S Vettel 1:31.875
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
R BARRICHELLO FW32-04/CA125 1:34.016 (10th) 17 LAPS 1:32.967 (10th) 33 LAPS
N HULKENBERG FW32-01/CA123 11:33.377 (7th) 19 LAPS 1:33.164 (12th) 29 LAPS
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Hot Hot
Air Temp 21 - 24C 27 - 28C
Track Temp 27 - 36C 42 - 44C
 

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