Italian GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
September 7 2012

The Williams F1 team looks back at their Friday practice for the 2012 Italian Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Italian GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1 & P2
• Aero evaluations
• Tyre runs and set-up work
• Long runs in the afternoon
 
Senna
 
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
"It was a productive day as we were trying some different configurations, especially with the aero levels. We completed everything we set out to do in the programme. There is still more speed to come and so tomorrow we will continue working to improve, so I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do."
Bruno Senna: Bruno Senna
 "It was a difficult session. After not running in the morning I had a lot to do this afternoon, but we’ve been trying different things and I think we can find a good path. Hopefully the car will be even better tomorrow and we can iron out some of the technical details to improve for qualifying."
Valtteri Bottas: Valtteri Bottas
 "We got lot of running today with the dry weather so it was great to get that under our belt. The track is brilliant as it’s an old school circuit and very quick. The morning session was productive and we worked through all the tests we had planned."
 
Mark Gillan Chief Operations Engineer:
 Mark Gillan"We have a lot data to dissect and interpret tonight from today's two sessions to ensure that we optimise the car for the race without compromising qualifying. We managed to get through the entire test programme, despite a hydraulic problem on Pastor's car which prematurely stopped his FP1 session. The mechanics reacted very quickly and we managed to get the car ready for the start of FP2."
 
Bottas
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session 2nd Session
       
P MALDONADO FW34-02
RS27 5362/2		 1:26.504 (10th) 19 laps 1:26.404 (14th) 42 laps
       
B SENNA FW34-03
RS27-5287/2		 - 1:26.783 (17th) 39 laps
       
V BOTTAS FW34-03
RS27-5287/2		 1:26.641 (13th) 26 laps -
       
Quickest Times
    M Schumacher 1:25.422 L Hamilton 1:25.290
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Warm and dry Hot and dry
Air Temp 23 - 24C 28 - 32C
Track Temp 27 - 29C 40 - 42C
 

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