Sam Michael gives a debrief of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend which saw the team secure another double points finish with a sixth place finish from Nico Hulkenberg backed up by tenth place from Rubens Barrichello.

Sam Michael, Technical Director Q&A

QQ: Were you satisfied with the performance of the FW32 at the Hungaroring?
SM: We are definitely making progress with the car, but we need to find a few more tenths if we are to regularly qualify in Q3.

Q: Nico made it into Q3 for the third time in four races, but he was a lot slower in Q3 than Q2. Why was that?
SM: Nico wasn’t able to replicate the times he set in Q1 or Q2 mainly because he had limited grip.

Q: Sixth was Nico's best race result of the year. How impressive was his performance?
SM: Nico drove a solid race. He was on the correct tyre given the safety car situation, which was a result of him qualifying well on Saturday.

Q: In hindsight, do you regret not pitting Rubens for the option tyre when the Safety Car came out on lap 15 of the race?
SM: Not really, no. Our prime reason for not pitting Rubens when the Safety Car was deployed was to avoid doing 55 laps on the softer, Option tyre which, at that stage, we didn't think would last for that amount of time. More importantly, if we had stacked both the cars in the pitlane, Nico would have significantly lost out. The strategy we chose maximised the points we collected.

Q: What are your thoughts on how Michael Schumacher defended 10th position from Rubens during the closing stages of the race?
SM: From my perspective, Michael’s move just proved to everyone how completely committed Rubens is!

Q: There is a two-week factory shutdown during the summer break. Which weeks will Williams close its doors, and why?
SM: We closed immediately after Sunday’s race. We start our shutdown straight away so we have the maximum time possible in which to prepare for Belgium when we return.

Q: The next race is Spa-Francorchamps. Are you confident that the FW32 will be competitive there?
SM: Yes, the whole car package will be good there. We should be able to run inside the top ten, as we've been doing recently.

Championship Tables After 12 of 19 Races

Drivers
1 M Webber 	161
2 L Hamilton 	157
3 S Vettel 		151
4 J Button 		147
5 F Alonso 	141
6 F Massa 	97
7 N Rosberg 	94
8 R Kubica 	89
11 R Barrichello 	30
15 N Hulkenberg 	10

Constructors
1 Red Bull Racing 	312
2 McLaren 	304
3 Ferrari 		238
4 Mercedes GP 	132
5 Renault 		106
6 Force India 	47
7 AT&T Williams 	40
8 BMW Sauber 	23
9 Toro Rosso 	10
10 Lotus Racing 	0