Brazilian GP: Williams drivers in top ten in FP2
By Andrew Hooper
November 14 2015
The second Friday practice session for the 2015 Brazilain GP would see both Williams Martini drivers finish in the top ten. Valtteri Bottas would be sixth and team-mate Felipe Massa tenth. In a session that saw both Williams drivers have off track moments it was still a session that saw the team come away confident that they would be competitive against those teams who Williams is competing in the championships.
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Martini Brazilian GP Friday 2nd Practice |
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Team Summary:
With light rain falling prior to the start of the second Friday practice
session the Williams drivers would take to the track early looking to
possibly avoid any rain. After the first timed laps Rosberg would be
quickest with a 1m:13.793 but Hamilton would go quicker with the order
Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Ricciardo, Kvyat, Valtteri, Raikkonen, and
Felipe. After his soft tyre run Valtteri would go quickest while Felipe was
tenth. But with other drivers on their soft tyre runs Hamilton would go
quickest with a 1m:12.843 but Rosberg would improve with a 1m:12.385 to be
quickest. Valtteri would drop to third. But Valtteri would drop to sixth
after other runs.
With forty five minutes completed the order was Rosberg, Hamilton, Vettel,
Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Valtteri, Hulkenberg, and Felipe eighth. Felipe would
drop to ninth as both Williams drivers continued their runs. After a moment
Valtteri would pit but would return running on the medium tyre with the
Williams team splitting their drivers tyre testing. With the end of the
session both Williams drivers had a run on the medium tyre with Valtteri
sixth and Felipe tenth.
Felipe Massa:
On his first run Felipe would tell his engineer that he had "Big oversteer
in the middle sector, corner 9, corner 10.", currently in seventh. Felipe
would pit and would drop to eighth. As drivers set times on the option tyres
Felipe had dropped to tenth while he continued to use the medium tyre. On
his soft tyre run Felipe, 1m:13.870, would be eighth after having a moment
where he would get a lot of kerb at Turn two forcing him to run wide. He
would drop to ninth. Felipe would be second fastest in the speed trap with a
speed of 335.1kph. Felipe would continue his run on the soft tyre with
thirty minutes remaining. He would pit returning briefly for a run on the
medium tyre.
Valtteri Bottas:
On his first run Valtteri would go quickest with a 1m:14.621 but he would
drop to fifth then sixth prior to pitting. Valtteri would be the first to
come out for Williams on the soft option tyre but the session would be red
flagged. Valtteri would currently be fastest after his run on the soft
compound with a 1m:13.603. While on a long run on the medium tyre Valtteri
would go off the track at Turn nine but was able to continue. "Can you check
the rear wing stability?" Valtteri would ask his engineer, when asked if
everything was OK. Valtteri had lost the rear of his car when turning in.
Valtteri would pit but would come back out for a short run on the medium
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Pos Driver Team Gap Laps
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m12.385s 42
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m12.843s 39
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m13.345s 41
4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m13.500s 43
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m13.585s 39
6 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m13.603s 37
7 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m13.634s 45
8 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m13.710s 43
9 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m13.848s 40
10 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m13.870s 42
11 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m14.056s 34
12 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m14.124s 42
13 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m14.134s 44
14 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m14.226s 35
15 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m14.326s 45
16 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m14.644s 37
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m14.772s 38
18 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m15.129s 10
19 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m16.501s 35
20 Alexander Rossi Marussia/Ferrari 1m16.787s 35 |
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