Portuguese GP: Williams Racing Qualifying Review
By Williams Racing
October 25 2020
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Williams Racing Portuguese GP Qualifying Review |
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Qualifying Notes:
• George Russell qualified 14th and Nicholas Latifi 20th for the
Portuguese Grand Prix
• George made his seventh Q2 appearance this season, clocking a time of
1:17.788 on his last effort
• Nicholas continued to improve his pace throughout the session, setting
a best time of 1:18.777 on his final run |
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Nicholas Latifi: "I didn’t put my
laps together and I am quite frustrated with myself. There was
definitely much more pace in the car. I had a laptime deleted due to
track limits which was my mistake on the first set and then I just
couldn’t put it together on the second set. There are a lot of unknowns
for the race tomorrow, as yesterday’s FP2 running was quite compromised
with the red flags. We made some big changes overnight and straight away
this morning the car was feeling much more in the window and gave me
more confidence. I hope that will translate into race pace, so I am
looking forward to tomorrow." |
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George Russell:
"It is an amazing track and the car was feeling good. In the end I think
we were
only a tenth and a half from P11 which is extraordinary for us. We are
all pushing as hard as we can to get everything we can out of this car,
we are making good progress and the hard work is paying off. We have a
car that is more optimised for the race tomorrow, but we will have to
wait and see how it unfolds as nobody knows how the tyres are going to
handle this new circuit as FP2 got cut short. It will be exciting,
potentially with a bit of rain on the way, and I will be giving it
everything I have got." |
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"George made the most of the car and the conditions this afternoon and
drove very well to achieve a good grid position. The team got his car
working well, the tyres in a decent window and found him some excellent
positions on the track, which wasn’t always easy as different drivers
followed a variety of run plans. His lap in Q2 was a very well
constructed lap and allowed him to beat the Ferrari of Vettel and get
very close to P11.
Nicholas had a change of chassis overnight
and his crew did an excellent job of getting his car ready for FP3. He
had a good session this morning and felt quite comfortable in the car.
In qualifying Nicholas had a strong opening run and was unfortunate to
have his quickest lap deleted due to a tight call on track limits. His
second run was hurt a little by the change in wind conditions but
nonetheless he prepared the tyres well. A snap of oversteer in the
middle of his last timed lap cost him crucial laptime and damaged the
tyres. With the time lost due to red flags in FP2, there is likely to be
a range of strategies tomorrow. We think we are in a good position for
both of our drivers to attack the cars ahead and hopefully the length of
the ‘straight’ from T14 to T1 will provide some overtaking
opportunities." |
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Track: Autodromo Internacional do Algarve,
Portugal
Lap Length: 4.684 km / 2.911 miles |
Weather: Warm and sunny conditions
Temperature: Air: 21-22°C Track: 35-36°C |
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
1 |
L Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1:16.828 |
1:16.824 |
1:16.652 |
2 |
V Bottas |
Mercedes |
1:16.945 |
1:16.466 |
1:16.754 |
3 |
M. Verstappen |
Red Bull |
1:16.879 |
1:17.038 |
1:16.904 |
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14 |
G Russell |
Williams Racing |
1:17.931 |
1:17.788 |
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20 |
N Latifi |
Williams Racing |
1:18.777 |
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