Singapore GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By AT&T Williams F1 Team
September 29 2011

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

 
 Williams Singapore GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1
• Testing of upgrade components
Objectives P2
• Continued evaluation of FW33 upgrades
• Tyre runs and set‐up work
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 "We had an effective morning during which we managed to try out various different things. The afternoon brought a few issues and so we were not able to run as much as we would have liked. We will iron out those areas tonight in order to find some more performance in the car."
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
 "We haven’t achieved the optimum set‐up yet as we have some issues with the aero balance on the car but we can work through those now and in tomorrow’s practice. With more rubber going down, the track will improve and so will the car so I think we can be optimistic for qualifying."
Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"That was a fairly compressed practice day due to the long red flag period in the first session. We had quite a few upgrades to test and now have lots of data to run through this evening to prepare for qualifying. The new parts
were working ok aerodynamically, but we did have a problem with the rear wing actuator in first practice. The only other issue we had was quite a bit of bodywork damage from running over the kerbs which we will repair this
evening."
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session 2nd Session
R BARRICHELLO FW33-04 CA323 1:52.991 (11th) 17 laps 1:50.897 (16th) 24 laps
       
P MALDONADO FW33-02 CA325 1:53.399 (13th) 18 laps 1:50.937 (17th) 30 laps
       
Quickest Times
    L Hamilton 1:48.599 S Vettel 1:46.374
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Hot and humid Hot and humid
Air Temp 31 - 32C 30 - 30C
Track Temp 33 - 35C 30 - 31C
 

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