Turkish GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By AT&T Williams F1 Team
May 6 2011

The AT&T Williams F1 team looks back at their Friday practice for the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Turkish GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1
• Evaluation of new aero parts including front wing, rear wing and brake ducts
Objectives P2
• Further evaluation of new aero parts including front wing, rear wing and brake ducts
• Qualifying set‐up work
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 "The new package is promising but we had a KERS water problem which meant our day had to be cut short. It was a pity but we are optimistic as the new front wing, rear wing and other parts were all working well and we were running competitively. Our main objective is to start in the top ten this weekend and that’s definitely realistic."
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
 "It was an unlucky day. It was wet this morning so we decided not to do too many runs. This afternoon we lost a bit of time as the team were fixing the rear end of the car after I crashed at the end of FP1. When we did get out, the speed was there but on the long run I made a mistake and lost the car at the exit of T8 and crashed into the barrier damaging the front wing. However, I know this circuit and the car has improved so I’ll be up there tomorrow!"
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"This morning was wet so we didn't start our evaluation of new aero components until second practice. During that session we ran the new rear wing on Rubens’ car and we were pleased to see that it functioned well, with a healthy gain in top speed and no signs of aero separation. We will have a second rear wing for Pastor’s car tomorrow. We also ran a new rear brake duct and new front wings on both cars. All the data from those parts checked out well, with positive driver feedback. So we'll race everything this weekend. We also investigated a different mechanical set‐up with Rubens. Unfortunately before we could run the soft tyre with Rubens we had a KERS water system failure and had to stop his car to investigate due to safety issues. We're looking into the problem now. We didn't use KERS all day on Pastor’s car due to a voltage fault early in second practice. With the limited number of parts Pastor will also have to use the old front wing tomorrow after damaging his new front wing in second practice."
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
R BARRICHELLO FW33-03 CA205 1:43.913 (14th) 5 laps 1:28.946 (16th) 20 laps
       
P MALDONADO FW33-02 CA204 1:42.597 (12th) 7 laps 1:28.828 (15th) 19 laps
       
Quickest Times
    Alonso 1:38.670 Button 1:26.456
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Cool & wet Dry & Bright
Air Temp 10 - 11C 14 - 14C
Track Temp 11 - 13C 17 - 24C
 

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Francesc
06/05/2011 16:22
There you go, only rear brake ducts are new, not the fronts too. And I can't spot any difference on the front wing, I expected something different.

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