Monaco GP: Single Point for Williams Martini


By Williams Martini Racing
May 30 2016

In a race that would be run under changeable weather conditions, starting with a very wet track, the Williams Martini would secure just a single point through a 10th place finish from Felipe Massa. Felipe was able to move forward into the top ten but his team-mate was not so lucky. Valtteri Bottas would finish 11th but would receive a penalty that would see him drop to 12th. Despite the poor result the team is still 4th in the championship as they move to races that should suit their car far better.

 
 Williams Martini Monaco GP Race Review
 
Massa
 
Race Notes
• Felipe Massa finished 10th and Valtteri Bottas 12th in today’s Monaco Grand Prix
• Felipe was able to take advantage of changing conditions throughout the race to move forward from his grid position as he switched from wet to intermediate and then dry tyres. But Valtteri lost time in a pitstop and had further misfortune with traffic, which cost him track position
• Valtteri finished the race 11th but was demoted to 12th by a 10-second time penalty, applied by the stewards for causing a collision with Gutierrez
• Felipe remains seventh and Valtteri eighth in the Drivers’ Championship, while the
team maintains fourth in the Constructors’ Championship
Massa 
Felipe Massa:
"It was a very tough day, having to start in the wet with lap times of 1m40s and upwards. It was looking like a very difficult race to finish, so the positive thing is I managed that. It was definitely the most difficult race weekend of the season so far, but one point is better than zero."
Bottas Valtteri Bottas:
"It was of course disappointing to finish outside the points. I think we really need to look at our strategy and why we lost a good position after the track was starting to dry. It’s possible we stopped at the wrong time, but the conditions were tricky today and it wasn’t an easy race."
Rob Smedley Rob Smedley, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"We got a point today. It’s not exactly what we want but one is better than none. We want a lot more and we’ll try a lot harder to get them. We were quite quick on dry tyres in that midfield pack, and Felipe set the fastest lap on the intermediate tyres, so the pace of the car wasn’t as bad as last year, which is a positive.

Felipe drove a very clean race and got us a point. We kept him out on the extreme wet tyres and he got out in front of the pack held up behind Wehrlein, so his race was pretty much set from there. We pitted Valtteri early for inters to try to release a bit of pace on that tyre.
Unfortunately, we had a rear jack failure in the pitstop which cost us because that put him out behind Wehrlein. His race was very difficult from then on because he couldn’t pass him. We could have got him P7-9 without that. Generally, the race was bittersweet. We’ve made really good progress around Monaco compared to the last two years, but we haven’t been able to convert that into the amount of points we should have done. Looking forward, we’re going to Canada, Azerbaijan, Austria and Great Britain – a series of races we can capitalise on. We’re still fourth in the championship, and Red Bull didn’t score the amount of points they could have. We’ve got good developments coming, and we won’t be giving up the fight this season."
 
Bottas
 

Track Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
Lap Length 3.337 km / 2.074 miles

Weather Wet and cool
Air: 22-24°C Track: 33-38°C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Time (Fastest Lap)

Grid

1

L Hamilton

 Mercedes 1:59.29.133 (1:17.939)

3

2 D Ricciardo Red Bull + 0.7252 (1:18.294) 1
3 S Perez Force India + 13.825 (1:18.446) 7
10 F MASSA Williams Martini Racing + 1 Lap (1:19.213) 14
12 V BOTTAS Williams Martini Racing + 1 Lap (2:00:55.595) 10
 
Bottas
 

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Monaco GP: Single Point for Williams Martini
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31/05/2016 09:20
Smedley rejoices in the fact that 'we took away one point'? WTF is that all about? yes, it's better than none but really, someone needs beating up for that. this is williams and they have the best engine in the paddock locked away in the rear of that car and all they can come away with is 1 lousy point. definitely not good enough.

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