German GP: Williams Friday Review

By Williams F1 Team
July 23 2010

The AT&T Williams team reviews their performances in Friday practice for the 2010 German Grand Prix.

 
 Williams German GP Friday Practice
Objectives P1
• Wet tyre evaluation and set-up
• Assessment of diffuser modifications
Objectives P2
• Tyre evaluation
• Race set-up
 
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens Barrichello
 Runs P1: Run 1, new wet, 1 lap, installation check; Run 2, used wet, 9 laps, baseline; Run 3, new intermediate, 4 laps, tyre evaluation; Run 4, used intermediate, 7 laps, set-up
Runs P2: Run 1, new prime, 7 laps, tyre evaluation; Run 2, used prime, 7 laps, set-up; Run 3, new option, 5 laps, tyre evaluation; Run 4, used option, 12 laps, race set-up; Run 5, used prime, 6 laps, race set-up)

"It was a good, mixed up day in terms of the weather and we tried everything tyre-wise from full wets through to slicks. I am happy that we have moved on to another circuit and the car has maintained its competitiveness in all the different conditions we encountered. Equally, we need to find whatever improvement we can tomorrow in order to be sure of a top ten qualifying result."
Nico Hulkenberg: Nico Hukelburg
 RRuns P1: Run 1, new wet, 2 laps, installation check; Run 2, used wet, 10 laps, baseline; Run 3, new intermediate, 8 laps, tyre evaluation; Run 4, used intermediate, 4 laps, set-up
Runs P2: Run 1, new prime, 2 laps, tyre evaluation; Run 2, used prime, 9 laps, tyre evaluation; Run 3, used prime, 8 laps, set-up test; Run 4, new option, 7 laps, tyre evaluation; Run 5, used option, 18 laps, race set-up)

"It was a positive Friday, not only did I feel good in the car, but there is of course a positive feeling being on the track at your home race. I think we can have a strong weekend if we put it all together. It’s a relatively short circuit and traffic was a bit problematic at times today, but it’s only Friday and hopefully we won’t have any issues in qualifying."

Sam Michael Technical Director WilliamsF1
 Sam Michael"We had a good day’s practice and got through some of our planned schedule which included assessing some new parts. We also covered the usual Friday items such as set-up, cooling and tyres. The car looks reasonable and we need to continue the trend from the last few races. We ran some new parts on both cars today and they are all working as expected and will be carried forward. Additionally, Rubens is running a further step on the diffuser."
 
Practice Results: Top Three Drivers
 
Position Driver & Lap Time (Session 1) Driver & Lap Time (Session 2)
1 A Sutil 1:25.701 F Alonso 1:16.265
2 F Massa 1:26.850 S Vettel 1:16.294
3 J Button 1:26.936 F Massa 1:16.438
 
AT&T Williams Classification
 
Driver Chassis & Engine 1st Session Lap time 2nd Session Lap time
R BARRICHELLO FW32-04/CA105 1:26.947 (4th) 21 LAPS 1:17.056 (9th) 37 LAPS
N HULKENBERG FW32-01/CA123 1:28.193 (8th) 24 LAPS 1:17.204 (10th) 44 LAPS
 
Practice Conditions
 
  Session 1 Session 2
Weather Wet, drying at session end Cloudy, dry
Air Temp 18 - 19C 20 - 21C
Track Temp 19 - 22C 22 - 25C
 

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