Russian GP: Williams Racing Race Review
By Williams Racing
September 28 2020
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Williams Racing Russian GP Race Review |
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Race Notes
• Nicholas Latifi finished 16th and George Russell 18th in the Russian
Grand Prix
• George started the race 13th, with Nicholas lining up 20th, both on
the medium compound tyre
• Nicholas made his only stop on lap 17, for the hard Pirelli tyre
• George made three stops, pitting first under the Safety Car for the
hard compound and then once again on lap 14 for the medium. His final
stop was on lap 50 for the soft Pirelli tyre. |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"The race itself was a difficult one to manage. We thought we were
going to be more competitive, but we struggled a lot in the opening
stint and then didn’t have the pace to come back once we had pitted. I
think strategically we did a good job, we benefited from staying out and
not pitting straight away. We need to analyse where we could have done
better. Overall, I think I drove a good race, a few mistakes here and
there, but something that I can learn from." |
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George Russell:
"It was a really tough day in the office with a lot of mistakes from my
side. I was struggling with the tyres and couldn’t get them working. I
have been struggling with the starts a lot this year and I needed to
step it up in terms of my confidence, and that’s what I did. I made a
really good start, but I was forced off as turn two is so tight. It was
three abreast, and three into one doesn’t go. We have a lot to review
and some interesting things to take away from this weekend, but
ultimately the points are scored on Sunday and we were not good enough
today." |
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"Following a successful day yesterday, today has been disappointing,
including a pre-race gearbox change for Nicholas. At the race start,
both drivers had decent launches, although George then lost out in the
opening corners. Following the early safety car both struggled with the
tyres and George in particular found it difficult to find a rhythm.
We opted to pit George early and see if we could take the Prime to the
end, but a flat-spot later in the stint meant another stop. In free air
Nicholas had decent pace and was able to hold-off Grosjean at the end of
the race.
We had a tougher day today than we expected, but we can learn from what
happened with the tyres and do a better job next time. The Nurburgring
will offer quite a different prospect to Sochi and we look forward to
returning to a track that we haven’t been to for some time. " |
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Track: Sochi Autodrom, Russia
Lap Length: 5.848 km / 3.633 miles |
Weather: Warm and sunny conditions
Temperature: Air: 28-31°C Track: 38-41°C |
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DRIVER |
TEAM |
Time (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
1 |
V Bottas |
Mercedes |
1:34:00.364 (1:37.030) |
2 |
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M Verstappen |
Red Bull |
+7.729 (1:37.332) |
3 |
3 |
L Hamilton |
Mercedes |
+22.729 (1:38.075) |
1 |
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16 |
N LATIFI |
Williams Racing |
+ 1 LAP (1:41.044) |
20 |
18 |
G RUSSELL |
Williams Racing |
+ 1 LAP (1:37.352) |
13 |
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