European GP: Williams Friday Review

By Williams F1 Team
June 25 2010

The AT&T Williams team looks back at FRiday practice for the 2010 European Grand Prix.

 
 Williams European GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Validation of new aero components, including the blown rear wing
• Race set-ups
Objectives P2
• Set-up work
• Tyre evaluations
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (1 lap, systems test), Run 3: Used Prime (7 laps, baseline set-up), Run 4: Used Prime (6 laps, aero test), Run 5: Used Prime (6 laps, race set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (5 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 2: Used Prime (5 laps, set-up test), Run 3: Used Prime (2 laps, aero set-up test), Run 4: Used Prime (5 laps, set-up test), Run 5: Used Prime (5 laps, aero test), Run 6: New Option (5 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 7: Used Option (6 laps, race set-up)
"We had a pretty much straight forward day during which we tested various things and they seem to work better. It’s the first time we’ve been in the top ten on a Friday; we can’t read too much into that, but at least it tells us that we can be competitive. The main aim tomorrow is to get into Q3."
Nico Hulkenberg: Nico Hukelburg
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (4 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 2: Used Prime (4 laps, set-up test), Run 3: Used Prime (5 laps, set-up test), Run 4: New Option (5 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 5: Used Option (12 laps, race setup)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (4 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 2: Used Prime (4 laps, set-up test), Run 3: Used Prime (5 laps, set-up test), Run 4: New Option (5 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 5: Used Option (12 laps, race setup)

"Quite a difficult Friday for me. P2 wasn’t really to my liking. I struggled with the balance of the car and I didn’t get a good lap on the option tyre. We need to analyse the data now and hopefully hook it all together for a good qualifying tomorrow."

Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"That was a productive day for us. We ran a new blown rear wing design on both cars at various stages throughout the day and will now check the data to decide what to run tomorrow. We also tested some new aero and mechanical parts, all of which delivered positive results. In the background, we carried out our usual programme of tyre evaluations, cooling checks and brake testing, all of which went smoothly."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 N Rosberg 1:41.175 F Alonso 1:39.283
2 L Hamilton 1:41.339 S Vettel 1:39.339
3 J Button 1:41.383 M Webber 1:39.42
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
R BARRICHELLO FW32-04/CA125 1:42.463 (10th) 21 LAPS 1:40.174 (10th) 33 LAPS
N HULKENBERG FW32-03/CA123 1:42.707 (11th) 23 LAPS 1:41.371 (17th) 30 LAPS
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Hot Hot
Air Temp 25 - 26C 25 - 27C
Track Temp 24 - 33C 42 - 45C
 

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