Malaysian GP: Williams Friday Practice Review

By Williams F1 Team
April 3 2010

The Williams team reviews Friday practice for the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.

 
 Williams Malaysian GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Validation of new aero components
• Practice starts
Objectives P2
• Mechanical set-up work
• Tyre evaluations
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (7 laps, baseline), Run 3: Used Prime (5 laps, mechanical set-up), Run 4: Used Prime (4 laps, mechanical set-up).
Runs P2: Run 1: New Option (4 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 2: Used Option (11 laps, set-up), Run 3: New Prime (5 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 4: Used Prime (6 laps, set-up)

"That was a tough day for us. We carried out lots of interrogations on the car, but we feel that we aren’t as quick as we should be so we have a lot of work to do tonight to find out why that is."

Nico Hulkenberg: Nico Hukelburg
 Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (8 laps, baseline), Run 3: Used Prime 5 laps, aero set-up), Run 4: Used Prime (12 laps, mechanical set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (4 laps, tyre evaluations), Run 2: Used Prime (5 laps, set-up), Run 3: Used Prime (3 laps, set-up), Run 4: New Option (7 laps, tyre evaluations)

"t was a pretty difficult day, certainly not ideal. We had some technical issues on my car but I’m not quite sure what they are yet. We need to get our heads together to find some time for qualifying."

Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"We spent today’s practice sessions working on starts and evaluating a revised diffuser and front brake duct. The tyres appear to be quite stable again, something we've come to expect from Bridgestone. Tonight we'll be
focussing on extracting more speed out of the FW32 for qualifying. We had a mechanical problem on Nico's car in the afternoon session, but the mechanics were able to fix it quickly."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 L Hamilton 1:34.921 L Hamilton 1:34.175
2 N Rosberg 1:35.106 S Vettel 1:34.441
3 J Button 1:35.207 N Rosberg 1:34.443
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
R BARRICHELLO FW32-01/CA122 1:38.278 (18th) 18 LAPS 1:36.813 (16th) 26 LAPS
N HULKENBERG FW32-03/CA120 1:37.802 (17th) 27 LAPS 1:37.415 (17th) 19 LAPS
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Hot and humid Hot and humid
Track Temp 31 - 41C 40 - 52C
Air Temp 27 - 31C 31 - 33C
 

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