Japanese GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
October 5 2012

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

 
 Williams Japanese GP Friday Practice Review
Objectives P1 & P2
• Aero evaluations
• Tyre runs and set-up work
• Long runs in the FP2
 
Bottas
 
Pastor Maldonado: Pastor Maldonado
"We completed our programme today but we still have a lot of work to do. The car is looking consistent and our longer run pace was good. We still need to find some more performance ahead of qualifying so we'll now work through all the data we have gathered."
Bruno Senna: Bruno Senna
 "It was an interesting day as we learnt a lot of things about the testing we’ve been doing. Missing the morning session was difficult as we were fine tuning the car set-up to suit my driving style, but we had a clean session completing plenty of laps and so overall it was good experience."
Valtteri Bottas: Valtteri Bottas
 "Suzuka is a new track for me so it wasn’t an easy session and it took quite a few laps to get into the rhythm. In the first run, the car balance wasn’t ideal but we managed to improve the car for the second and third runs. I was also improving myself throughout the session. I think I have a new favourite track as Suzuka is fantastic to drive. It's challenging and very quick which makes it great fun."
 
Mark Gillan Chief Operations Engineer:
 Mark Gillan"We had a productive and extremely busy couple of sessions with the drivers running different programmes in Suzuka today. We successfully tested a number of new components and established a good base set-up for the remainder of the weekend."
 
Maldonado
 
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session 2nd Session
       
P MALDONADO FW34-04
RS27 5360/2		 1:35.478 (10th) 24 laps 1:34.300 (15th) 33 laps
       
B SENNA FW34-03
RS27-5318/2		 - 1:33.499 (8th) 35 laps
       
V BOTTAS FW34-03
RS27-5318/2		 1:36.389 (18th) 24 laps -
       
Quickest Times
    J Button 1:34.507 M Webber 1:32.493
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Warm and dry Hot and dry
Air Temp 25 - 26C 30 - 37C
Track Temp 26 - 27C 33 - 39C
 

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