Williams Spanish Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
May 8 2009

 
 Williams Spanish GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Aero set-up work
• Fuel system checks

Objectives P2
• Short and long run tyre tests for qualifying and the race
• Further aero set-up work
 
Nico Rosberg: Nico Rosberg
 "Today was our first run with the new aero components on the car and they all seemed to work well. They’re giving us a few tenths extra per lap so we’ve made definite progress. Everyone has brought new developments here though so we will see how things look in qualifying. We also ran some tyre compares today. It’s not obvious which direction will be the right one, so strategy is going to be very important and will have a major impact on the race."

Runs P1: 1 install (new prime), 7 (new prime), 7 (scrubbed prime), 5 (scrubbed prime)
Runs P2: 3 (scrubbed prime), 11 (new option), 11 (new prime), 4 (new option), 4 (scrubbed option)
Kazuki Nakajima: Nakajima
 "We had a pretty good day and it seems that all the updates are working well. I found it quite difficult to get enough grip with the hard tyre, the soft one definitely has the advantage for me. We now need to focus our attention on qualifying well tomorrow."

 

Runs P1: 1 install (new prime), 8 (scrubbed prime), 4 (scrubbed prime), 4 (scrubbed prime)
Runs P2: 5 (scrubbed prime), 4 (new prime), 4 (new option), 12 (scrubbed option), 4 (new option)
 
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1:
 Sam Michael"We had a normal Friday during which we carried out short runs to prepare for qualifying and long runs to prepare for the race. The tyres are much closer than we anticipated on the basis of the tests we’ve had here and the hard tyres look stronger than they have at other circuits. We should therefore expect to see more even strategies from the teams on Sunday, rather than these unbalanced strategies that we’ve seen in the first four races of the year whereby people have run very short final stints."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 J Button 1:21.799 N Rosberg: 1:21.588
2 J Trulli: 1:22.154 K Nakajima: 1:21.740
3 R Kubica: 1:22.221 F Alonso: 1:21.781
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
N Rosberg FW31-03/H450 1:22.667 (6th) 26 laps 1:21.588 (1st) 43 laps
K Nakajima FW31-04/H452 11:22.659 (5th) 24 laps 1:21.740 (2nd) 36 laps
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Warm with a breeze Warm with a breeze
Track Temp 22 - 35C 36 - 43C
Air Temp 16 - 22C 24 - 25C
 

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