Bahrain GP: Williams Martini Friday Practice Review

By Williams Martini Racing
April 18 2015

 
 Williams Martini Bahrain GP Friday Practice Review
Bottas
 
Objectives
• Aero evaluations, set-up and tyre work
 

Massa 

Felipe Massa:
"I struggled with the balance of the car today but the team have shown there is good pace. We need to work hard tonight and make the right changes to get the car balance right, and then show the pace that Valtteri has shown today. We have also been working on
tyre performance and have certainly made steps in the right direction."

Bottas 
  

 Valtteri Bottas:
"It has been a good Friday. The car feels good but it’s only Friday so it is hard to compare us against our competitors. We are still focusing on tyre performance in a race situation and have made progress, especially with the option tyre, although I think there is a bit more performance to find. We look quite strong for qualifying, but the race pace is important and we need to work hard tonight on this area."
 

Rob Smedley
  

Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"It has been a really good day for the team. We had a lot of work to get done over the last couple of days and have hit every target that we set ourselves. There is an awful lot of data that we collected with regards to specification and management of tyres. We are where we expect to be on a Friday with regards to both high and low fuel runs, which is encouraging for qualifying and the race. The team has worked very well and to get through the arduous programme we had set was impressive. We used the conditions to our advantage and gathered data during FP1 as the track temperatures were hotter than we will experience in the race. We used this data and then focused on tyre and car performance in FP2."
 
Massa
 
Williams F1 Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine FP1 FP2
V BOTTAS FW37-03, PU106B Hybrid 1:38.390 (3rd) 1:35.280 (5th)
F MASSA FW37-02, PU106B Hybrid 1:38.790 (10th) 1:35.884 (10th)
Quickest Times
    K. Raikkonen (1:37.827) N. Rosberg (1:34.647)
       
 
Practice Conditions
 
  FP1 FP2
Weather Hot and Dry Hot and Dry
Air  & Track Temp 33 - 37°C / 44 - 53°C 26 - 30°C / 32 - 36°C
 
Massa
 

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