Canadian GP: Top ten for Williams Martini in FP2


By Williams Martini Racing
June 6 2015

The second Friday practice session for the 2015 Canadian GP would see both Williams Martini drivers finish in the top ten. Valtteri Bottas would finish the session in 6th and team-mate Felipe Massa was 8th. The session was cut short by heavy rain seeing the Williams team having to adjust their setup work. The team is far more confident that they are in a better position as they prepare for Saturday.

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

Massa 

Felipe Massa:
"We missed a bit of FP2 because of the rain, but before that the car behaved well and I had a good feeling for the balance straight away. The grip level from the track was very low, but that’s the same for everybody. This is definitely a better track for us than Monaco. Tomorrow morning will be even more important after the rain today, so we need to understand a lot in FP3 to prepare the car for qualifying."

Bottas 
  

 Valtteri Bottas:
"The rain compromised FP2 for everyone but we knew it was coming so we were able to do a little bit of work at the end of FP1 that we would normally do in FP2. I did a longer run with higher fuel so we got some information on brake, engine and tyre temperatures, and car balance. Today we were as competitive as we have been on any Friday this year, so we should be looking at least at the same kind of performance as in Barcelona. Qualifying can be very close here, even if you get everything right, so we need to make sure we find everything there is to find."
 

Rob Smedley
  

Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"We came here with a certain car philosophy and we’re happy with the way things have gone. We’ve run on both fuel levels and we’re quite competitive – certainly back to a much more normal position for us. We’ve gone through our  work diligently in terms of tyre and brake management, which are the two things an order of  magnitude more important than anything else on this track. Off the back of a difficult
Monaco, we’re in shape to have a good weekend here."
 
Bottas
 
Williams F1 Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine FP1 FP2
V BOTTAS FW37-03, PU106B Hybrid 1:18.325 (11th) 1:16.849 (6th)
F MASSA FW37-02, PU106B Hybrid 1:17.985 (6th) 1:17.041 (8th)
Quickest Times
    L Hamilton, 1:16.212 L Hamilton 1:15.988
 
Practice Conditions
 
  FP1 FP2
Weather Warm and Dry Dry then heavy rain
Air  & Track Temp 17 - 20°C / 22 - 31°C 18 - 23°C / 21 – 35°C
 
Massa
 

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