Australian GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
March 16 2012

The Williams F1 team looks back at the opening Friday practice for the 2012 Australian Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Australian GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1 & P2
• Aero evaluations
• Tyre runs and set-up work
 
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
"We completed the majority of our programme and did a longer run this afternoon. The car is performing well and we’re going in the right direction, but tomorrow we will see when we finally get into qualifying."
Bruno Senna: Bruno Senna
"The conditions today cut our running a little, but it was the same for everybody. This afternoon we completed some simulations to gain a greater understanding of what the car is doing and we are still learning. In terms of pace, we will see what we can achieve tomorrow afternoon."
Mark Gillan Chief Operations Engineer:
Mark Gillan"The weather dominated both sessions, with each session being declared wet and thereby limiting the base programme. Both the drivers and the team performed well and we completed the day's running without issue. Despite the conditions, we learned quite a lot today, and look forward to what should be dry running throughout the rest of the weekend."
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session 2nd Session
       
P MALDONADO FW34-02 RS27‐5322/2 1:29.415 (8th) 16 laps 1:34.108 (17th) 21 laps
       
B SENNA FW33-04 RS27‐5340/2 1:29.953 (14th) 21 laps 1:34.312 (19th) 17 laps
       
Quickest Times
    J Button 1:27.560 M Schumacher 1:29.183
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Wet with drying track cloudy Wet with drying track
Air Temp 20 ‐ 21C 18 ‐ 20C
Track Temp 18 ‐ 22C 19 ‐ 24C
 

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