Williams Monaco GP Qualifying Review

By Williams F1 Team
May 23 2009

 
 Williams Monaco GP Qualifying Review:
In a tactically critical qualifying session for the Monaco Grand Prix, the AT&T Williams team secured two top ten grid slots, with Kazuki Nakajima equalling a career-best tenth place start for tomorrow’s race. Meanwhile, team-mate Nico Rosberg professed himself less than happy by finishing the session on the third row of the provisional grid, but is nonetheless confident of a strong race performance at his home Grand Prix.
Nico Rosberg:
Nico Rosberg"The first two sessions went fine today, but I was not happy with the final conclusion in Q3. P6 was not where I wanted to be and it should have been better. I had some balance problems in the last run and some traffic, particularly with Barrichello on my fastest lap, so I didn’t manage to make the best of the circumstances. Anyway, that’s the way it has played out and we just need to make the best of it. There is still the opportunity to have a good race tomorrow from a reasonable starting position, so I am still of the view that anything is possible."
Kazuki Nakajima: 
Nakajima"It was a good session for me, it is of course the first time I have made it into Q3 this season, so I do want to say thanks to the team for preparing a good car. I am pleased that I achieved a top ten slot as obviously grid position is crucial here and this is not a very easy track. I am confident I can have a good race tomorrow and our start position will certainly give me the chance to improve on our recent results."
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1:
 Sam Michael"The car performance was strong today but unfortunately we didn’t get the best out of Q3 with Nico. Kazuki had no more option tyres to use in the final session, hence his P10 position and different
strategy. It is good to have both cars in Q3 and we look forward to racing for points tomorrow."

Monaco, Monte Carlo
3.340kms / 2.075 miles

Sunny
Air: 24 - 250C, Track: 39 – 450C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Q1

Q2

Q3

1

J Button

 Brawn GP

-

-

1:14.902

2

K Raikkonen

Ferrari

-

-

1:14.927

3

R Barrichello

Brawn GP

-

-

1:15.077

6

N Rosberg
FW31-03 H453

AT&T Williams

1:15.094 (1st)

1:14.846 (5th)

1:15.455

10

K Nakajima
FW31-02 H455

AT&T Williams

1:15.930 (11th)

1:15.579 (10th)

1:17.344

 
 

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