The final practice session for the 2013 Brazilain GP would see both Williams F1 drivers finish in the top ten with Valtteri Bottas 4th and Pastor Maldonado 8th. The session was marked by rain but there was variable track conditions with rain easing late in the session seeing quicker times being set on intermediate tyres.
Brazilian GP Saturday
Practice
Saturday
practice for the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix would again see the Williams F1
team facing further wet track conditions with rain continuing to fall. With
the start of the session it would be Gutierrez out first with both Williams
drivers also coming out. The rain was expected to fall for at least the
first fifteen minutes of the session. Both Williams drivers were on the full
wet tyre as Gutierrez set a 1m:34.837 to record the first time. Both Williams drivers would pit after one lap having
checked the conditions. More drivers would come out including Vettel, Van
der Gar, and Hulkenberg. A 1m:34.671 from Gutierrez on his second lap as
Grosjean came out for a single lap. Gutierrez continued to put in laps
improving with a 1m:34.129.
Webber would complete his single installation lap followed by the Mercedes
cars of Hamilton and Rosberg. Next out were Alonso and Perez. The teams were
focusing on their tyre usage with only a limited number of wet and
intermediate tyres available. Gutierrez would finally pit after seven laps.
Only the Torro Rosso's had yet to come out with over fifteen minutes of the session completed. Hamilton was
back out on the track with reports saying that the Williams team had changed
to a wet setup from their essentially dry setup that they ran Friday. There
was little action on the track with all the teams careful about using their
tyre allocation. With thirty minutes remaining Hulkenberg would return to
the track joined by Chilton and Bianchi with the rain having eased. A 1m:36.654 from Chilton as Hulkenberg
pitted.
Valtteri was back out for Williams running on full wets as Bianchi set a
1m:33.412 to be quickest. Van der Gar and Vettel would also take to the
track joined shortly after by Pic and Perez. Valtteri would set a 1m:32.772
to move to the top of the times as Bianchi and Chilton pitted. Vettel would
go fastest in sector one as both Hamilton and Rosberg would leave the pits.
A 1m:31.857 from Vettel to be 0.515 ahead of Valtteri. Valtteri had improved his time with a 1m:32.372 to remain second.
Perez was now third with a 1m:32.731 with Bianchi now fourth. Van der Gar
was fifth followed by Gutierrez and Pic. Pastor was now back out joined
again by Hulkenberg. Gutierrez would go fastest with a 1m:31.121 with Vettel
having pitted. Valtteri was now fourth and Pastor sixth with a 1m:32.849.
Hamilton would go fastest with a 1m:29.980 with Hulkenberg now third, 1m:31.452.
More drivers were out on the track with sixteen minutes left in the session
as Pastor improved with a 1m:32.195 to be sixth with Valtteri now seventh
and back in his pit. Pastor would also pit after his short run as Ricciardo
took to the track. Nine drivers had yet to set a time with fourteen minutes
remaining. Gutierrez had completed thirteen laps the most of any one. Sutil
was now fourth with a 1m:31.610. The order was Hamilton from Gutierrez,
Hulkenberg, Sutil, Vettel, Pastor, Valtteri, Perez, Van der Gar and Bianchi
tenth. Webber would come out being the first to do so on the intermediate
tyre. With ten minutes remaining Pastor would come back out for his next
run. Valtteri was also back out as Webber went fastest with a 1m:29.493. His
next lap would see him go fastest in sector one and two. He would finish his
lap setting a 1m:27.891 as other drivers also found pace.
Valtteri was now second with a 1m:28.600 with Hulkenberg and Kovalainen
third and fourth. Pastor was now fifth with a time of 1m:29.686. Pastor
would pit with Grosjean now eighth with all the quicker times being set on
the intermediate tyre. The final minutes would count down as Kovalainen went
second fastest with a time of 1m:28.595 but he would be beaten by team-mate
Grosjean with a 1m:28.195 seeing Lotus second and third. Valtteri and Pastor
were fourth and sixth. Gutierrez would improve to be sixth and Vergne now
seventh. As a result Pastor had dropped to eighth. Di Resta was now tenth as
the session came to a close. Neither Ferrari had set a time along with
Rosberg and Button. Vergne was now sixth and Gutierrez now seventh. Di Resta
and Sutil were ninth and tenth.
With the changing track conditions it was very hard to draw any real
conclusions as to the performance of the Williams drivers despite having
seen both Williams drivers in the top ten with Valtteri fourth and Pastor
eighth. But several drivers had saved their tyres in the session which
should give them an advantage in qualifying.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m27.891s 5
2. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m28.195s 5
3. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m28.595s 6
4. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m28.600s 12
5. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.830s 15
6. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m28.921s 5
7. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m29.215s 21
8. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m29.686s 10
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m29.736s 6
10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m29.913s 8
11. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m29.980s 8
12. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m29.988s 9
13. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m30.635s 9
14. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m30.837s 14
15. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m30.972s 10
16. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m31.154s 14
17. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m31.$57s 4
18. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m32.731s 4
19. Nico Rosberg Mercedes no time 4
20. Fernando Alonso Ferrari no time 2
21. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes no time 1
22. Felipe Massa Ferrari no time 2
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