British Practice One: Slow start for Williams


Nico Rosberg

By Andrew Hooper
June 19 2009

It would be a slow start for the AT&T Williams team in the opening Friday practice for the 2009 British GP. Nico Rosberg would finish in ninth while Kazuki Nakajima was down in seventeenth. Not the best of starts to the weekend for the Williams team with Nico only just making it into the top ten. Somewhat of a worry for the team as previous Friday sessions had seen the team nearer the front.

 
 British GP Friday 1st Practice
 

The 2009 British Grand Prix weekend at the Silverstone circuit would get underway with the news of the split by the FOTA teams taking dominance but the racing would still have to take place and with first practice session would get underway. Fisichella would be first out followed by the majority of the field as they come out for their installation lap. Both AT&T Williams drivers would
complete their installation lap, returning to their pits. One of the last drivers to take to the track was Hamilton. Barrichello would come out leaving Raikkonen still in his pit. Kimi would come out shortly after returning to his pit. Barrichello would also pit.

RosbergWith fifteen minutes of the session completed no times had been set and it would be Buemi and Button who would return to the track. Button would pit while Buemi would set the first time with a 1m:32.168. He would improve with a 1m:29.161, followed by a 1m:27.212. Glock was next out as Buemi continued to put in laps. He would improve with a 1m:25.397. Glock would set a time of 1m:27.005. Buemi was down to a 1m:25.202 followed by a 1m:24.748. Glock had also improved with a 1m:25.230. Kubica and Trulli were next out as Buemi lowered his time with a 1m:24.180 and Glock improved with a 1m:24.276. There was just over an hour remaining as Kubica pitted. Trulli was third with a 1m:28.604. Buemi was down to a 1m:23.568 having completed eleven laps.

Glock was on a 1m:24.157 as Trulli improved with a 1m:25.771. Buemi would finally pit as Raikkonen came out. Glock would improve with a 1m:23.605 and Trulli with a 1m:24.293. Glock would pit as Hamilton took to the track. Nico would join them while Trulli went fastest with a 1m:23.260. Glock would return as Raikkonen set a time of 1m:27.934. Trulli was down to a 1m:22.890 as Kazuki took to the track. Massa was also out on the track as Raikkonen improved with a 1m:25.106. Nico's first time was a slow 1m:30.822 followed by Hamilton with a 1m:33.140.

Raikkonen was second with a 1m:23.479 with team-mate Massa in fifth followed by Nico, 1m:25.249, and Kazuki with a 1m:26.626. Massa would move up to third and Raikkonen now fourth. Buemi was back out along with the majority of the field. Glock was second, 1m:23.316, while Kazuki moved up to sixth followed by Hamilton and Nico. Massa was now fastest with a 1m:22.469. Raikkonen was now second, 1m:22.664. Nico was up to third, 1m:22.752, and Kazuki was still in sixth, 1m:23.362. The drivers were all running on the harder tyre as Nico went fastest with a 1m:22.159 as Kazuki improved to be second, 1m:22.425. Raikkonen would move ahead of Nico with a 1m:21.910 but he was passed by Webber with a 1m:21.726.

NakajimaThe first of the Brawn cars would set a time, 1m:29.548, seeing Barrichello slowest. Nico would improve to be fastest with a 1m:21.673. Half was through the session it was Nico from Webber, Raikkonen, Kazuki, Vettel, Alonso, Massa, Heidfeld, Kovalainen, and Trulli in tenth. Vettel was now fastest with a 1m:21.119, but team-mate Webber would improve to move ahead with a 1m:20.865. Nico would pit as Kazuki moved up to fourth, 1m:21.753. Kazuki would also pit as Alonso moved up to third, 1m:21.561. Sutil was now third with a 1m:21.440. Fisichella was in eighth. Button had yet to set a time while Barrichello was in tenth. Hamilton was in eighteenth. Trulli was up to fourth, 1m:21.544.

Trulli would again improve to be fastest, 1m:20.585, while Barrichello would move up to second, 1m:20.749. Button was out and was up to seventh, 1m:21.427. Both Williams cars had returned to the track with Nico and Kazuki currently in tenth and eleventh. Kubica would be slowest with just under thirty minutes remaining. Fastest was Trulli from Barrichello, Webber, Sutil, Vettel, Glock,
Button, Fisichella, Alonso, Nico, and Kazuki. Button would improve with a 1m:20.803 to be third. Hamilton was up to seventh, 1m:21.304. Nico would improve with a 1m:21.444 to be ninth. Kazuki had dropped to twelfth. Trulli was back out as Button went fastest in sector one. Nico was now eighth, 1m:21.364. Barrichello was back out as Button went fastest with a 1m:20.487.

Sutil was fifth while Raikkonen move dup to eighth, 1m:21.363. Nico was now ninth, 1m:21.364, while Kazuki was up to eleventh, 1m:21.489. Webber was now fastest with a 1m:20.234. Button had pitted while Hamilton was up to sixth, 1m:21.026. Nico would pit from ninth. Webber would pit in another very quick lap with a 1m:19.682. Vettel was in third, 1m:20.494. Kazuki had pitted with
twenty minutes remaining it was Webber from Vettel, Button, Trulli, Barrichello, Massa, Sutil, Hamilton, Raikkonen, and Nico in tenth. Vettel had improved to take second with a 1m:20.104. Both Red Bull cars would pit.

Barrichello was now third, 1m:20.436, and Massa fourth, 1m:20.471. Nico was back out as Glock spun at Club corner and was able to continue. Barrichello would improve with a 1m:20.242 but remained third. Alonso was able to improve to be fourth, 1m:20.458. Sutil was still in the top ten running in eighth. Ten minutes remaining an d Button was back out with the Brawn driver in sixth.
Barrichello would also return to the track. Kovalainen was slowest and the BMW's were down in seventeenth and eighteenth. Kazuki was back out joined by Nico. Button would improve to be third, 1m:20.227. The track would start to fill as the final five minutes commenced. Nico was in tenth, 1m:21.092, and Kazuki fifteenth, 1m:21.489.

Only a handful of cars were in their pits the final minutes would count down. Fisichella was now ninth seeing Nico drop to eleventh. Vettel was fastest in sector one and two. He would abandon his lap when he hit traffic. Only the Force India cars were in their pits. Vettel's next lap would see him fastest with a 1m:19.400. Nico was up to ninth, 1m:20.815. Kazuki had dropped to seventeenth. The session would end with Vettel leading from Webber, Button, Barrichello, Alonso, Massa, Trulli, Hamilton, Nico, and Fisichella, Kazuki was down in seventeenth.

Not the best of starts to the weekend for the AT&T Williams team with Nico only just making it into the top ten. But Nico was 1.4 seconds from the leaders while Kazuki was over two seconds behind. Somewhat of a worry for the Williams team as previous races had seen the Williams team drivers nearer the front.

 
Pos  Driver       Team			    Time      Laps
 1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:19.400  20
 2.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:19.682  19
 3.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:20.227  20
 4.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:20.242  29
 5.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:20.458  26
 6.  Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:20.471  23
 7.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:20.585  32
 8.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:20.650  26
 9.  Rosberg      AT&T Williams-Toyota  (B)  1:20.815  32
10.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:20.838  25
11.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:20.913  22
12.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:21.029  22
13.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:21.103  24
14.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:21.179  27
15.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:21.384  23
16.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:21.386  32
17.  Nakajima     AT&T Williams-Toyota  (B)  1:21.489  26
18.  Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:21.525  30
19.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:21.590  37
20.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:21.801  16
 

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British Practice One: Slow start for Williams
Discussion started by Williams F1 , 19/06/2009 13:02
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19/06/2009 13:02
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GPL
19/06/2009 13:33
Stay loose.
Might just be testing differant new things and tyres, maybe they swapped test program around a bit this weekend.??
[:wor kid:]
Next session will tell us more.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:06:19:13:35:08 by gpl.

crusty_bread
19/06/2009 17:38
that darn smiley face is for-ever me catching me out. I presume you did not intend to shoot-down your own argument gpl or have I misinterpreted?

GPL
19/06/2009 17:55
No i think we are doing ok.

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