Australian GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
March 26 2010

The AT&T Williams team reviews the Friday Practice for the 2010 Australian Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Australian GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Validation of new aero components
• Fuel consumption checks
Objectives P2
• Set-up work
• Tyre evaluations
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (2 laps, baseline, red flag), Run 3: Used Prime (6 laps, baseline), Run 4: Used Prime (5 laps, aero set-up), Run 5: Used Prime (6 laps, mechanical set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (12 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 2: New Option (13 laps, tyre evaluations)

"The rain came in P2, it affected everyone. The team did a really good job sending me out at the right times when the track was dry so we collected as much information as we could considering the conditions. There is still quite a lot of work to be done in order to get us through to Q3 tomorrow."

Nico Hulkenberg: Nico Hukelburg
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (4 laps, baseline, red flag), Run 3: Used Prime (7 laps, mechanical set-up, red flag), Run 4: Used Prime (13 laps, mechanical set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Option (11 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 2: New Intermediate (3 laps, wet tyre test), Run 3: New Prime (11 laps, tyre evaluations)

"Albert Park is quite a cool track; I really enjoyed it out there. It’s very bumpy, but definitely good fun. Running in the second session was interrupted by the weather so we didn’t get as much time as we wanted, but I feel familiar with the track now and comfortable with the car."

Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"Today our programme involved working on mechanical set-up changes and testing revised aero parts for the FW32. We managed to evaluate most of the parts, but our schedule in session two was reduced by the wet
weather. From the limited data we collected on the option tyre, it looks like it will be a stable tyre during the race."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 R Kubica 1:26.927 L Hamilton 1:25.801
2 N Rosberg 1:27.126 J Button 1:26.076
3 J Button 1:27.482 M Webber 1:26.248
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
R BARRICHELLO FW32-01/CA122 1:29.712 (16th) 18 laps 1:26.904 (9th) 25 laps
N HULKENBERG FW32-04/CA120 1:30.249 (17th) 26 laps 1:27.545 (14th) 25 laps
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Hot & Sunny Hot & Sunny
Track Temp 31 - 41C 21 - 26C
Air Temp 22 - 28C 21 - 22C
 

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