Japanese GP: Williams F1 Race Review

By Williams F1 Team
October 13 2013

 
 Williams Japanese GP Race Review
 
Maldonado
 
Race Notes
• Pastor Maldonado finished 16th with Valtteri Bottas 17th in today’s Japanese Grand Prix.
• Both drivers had a solid start and drove a good race with a lot of midfield battles taking place.
• Pastor overtook Valtteri on the last lap to secure sixteenth position.
Pastor Maldonado:  Pastor Maldonado
 "It was pleasing to be able to make a move on the last lap to gain a position over my teammate. I felt we got the strategy slightly wrong today and we were struggling with the pace a bit, but we did manage to get 100% out of the car."
Valtteri Bottas: 
Valtteri Bottas"At the beginning of the race we didn’t look too bad and managed to keep some cars behind us. At the end of the second stint and into the third stint our pace seemed to drop off and we weren’t able to keep our positions. As the tyres wore out at the end we did struggle a bit, so unfortunately we couldn’t fight anymore."
Xevi Pujolar, Chief Race Engineer:
 Xevi Pujolar"It was a good clean start and first lap from both drivers. We were racing the Toro Rosso's and the Force India's and aiming for a two-stop strategy. We stuck to strategy but needed to be more aggressive in the second stint to keep them behind so in the end we weren't able to hold them off. Ultimately our pace wasn't good enough. This circuit is hard on tyres and our tyre life was on the limit so we couldn't pit any earlier than we did otherwise we risked not making it to the end of the race. Valtteri and Pastor therefore ended up racing each other, and after Valtteri had been ahead for the majority of the race, Pastor found a way through in the final chicane of the last lap."
Laurent Debout, Renault Sport F1 team support leader:
 "We made some progress this weekend and had a good result in qualifying so P16 and P17 is disappointing for all our efforts. Suzuka is always a hard race and unfortunately it was a very tough one for us today. We hope for more in India and for the remainder of the season."
 
Bottas
 

Track Suzuka circuit, Japan
Race Length 53 laps, 307.471 kms

Weather Warm and dry
Air: 23 - 24°C Track: 30 - 37°C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Time (Fastest Lap)

Grid

1

 S Vettel Red Bull 1:26:49.301 (1:35.317, 4th) 2

2

 M Webber Red Bull

+ 7.129 (1:34.587, 1st)

1

3

 S Grosjean Lotus

+ 9.910 (1:35.991, 10th)

 4
16 P MALDONADO
FW35-02 R275500		 Williams F1 Team + 1 lap (1:37.423, 16th) 15
17 V BOTTAS
FW35-01 R275423		 Williams F1 Team + 1 lap (1:37.856, 18th) 13
 

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