Hungarian GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
July 27 2012

We hear from the Williams F1 team after Friday practice for the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Hungarian GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1 & P2
• Aero evaluations
• Tyre runs and set-up work
 
Maldonado
 
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
"It was a busy day for us trying a few different things to help us decide which direction to go regarding set-up for the weekend. We didn’t complete all our planned long runs because of the rain this afternoon so it’s difficult to say where we are. I’m still feeling confident for the weekend but we have some work to do in practice tomorrow morning to make sure we can improve before qualifying."
Bruno Senna: Bruno Senna
 "It was a good afternoon getting a feel for the track conditions and how the tyres were performing. The car was behaving well but we need to keep working. There is good potential in the car though which makes me happy ahead of qualifying tomorrow."
Valtteri Bottas: Valtteri Bottas
 "It was a good first practice for us. It was dry so we completed our programme without any problems. The car felt good but we were also able to make some improvements during the session. There are still some things to fine tune but overall it was a really good morning."
 
Mark Gillan Chief Operations Engineer:
 Mark Gillan"We had a very good couple of sessions today with all three drivers performing well and giving us back excellent feedback on what was an extremely busy run programme. In the morning both Pastor and Valtteri tested a number of different aero development items. They also established a decent mechanical baseline set-up. In the afternoon Bruno and Pastor ran different programmes, concentrating on getting more tyre information for the remainder of the weekend. Unfortunately the rain came earlier than expected and we adapted the run programme to get some information in the wet, which may prove useful come race day"
 
Williams Pit wall
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session 2nd Session
       
P MALDONADO FW34-02
RS27 5362/2		 1:24.300 (11th) 23 laps 1:23.337 (12th) 26 laps
       
B SENNA FW34-03
RS27-5287/2		 - 1:22.253 (3rd) 34 laps
       
V BOTTAS FW34-03
RS27-5287/2		 1:24.152 (9th) 24 laps -
       
Quickest Times
    L Hamilton 1:22.821 L Hamilton 1:21.995
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Hot and dry Hot with some rain
Air Temp 25 - 27C 27 - 30C
Track Temp 30 - 39C 27 - 48C
 

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