Bahrain GP: Difficult qualifying for Williams


Pastor & his engineer

By Williams F1 Team
April 22 2012

For the Williams F1 team qualifying for the 2012 Bahrain GP was a difficult time with Bruno Senna only managing 15th while team-mate Pastor Maldonado would have a problem with his KERS that would see him forced to take no part in the balance of qualifying. He would also suffer a five grid penalty as a result of a gearbox change on Friday. Sunday's race is not going to be easy.

 
 Williams Bahrain GP Qualifying Review:
Maldonado
 
Qualifying Notes
• Bruno will start 15th and Pastor 22nd for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
• Bruno posted his quickest time in Q2 on a new set of soft tyres.
• Despite making it safely through to Q2, Pastor’s session was brought to an early conclusion by a KERS problem.
• Due to a gearbox issue on Friday night, it was necessary for the team to change Pastor’s race gearbox, incurring a five-place grid penalty. Therefore despite being classified 17th in Q2, Pastor will start 22nd.
Pastor Maldonado: 
Pastor Maldonado"The car felt car felt quick this morning, so it’s a shame that we had a KERS problem which meant we couldn’t run in Q2. It’s going to be a tough race tomorrow with the added grid penalty, as well as it being a difficult track. We need to attack from the start and get our strategy right, but our pace looked good on race simulations so I’m looking forward to the challenge."
Bruno Senna
 Bruno Senna"It was really difficult today. Once again, a few tenths of a second make a big difference in grid position. It’s going to be a big challenge tomorrow but I think we can have a good race from where we are. I feel I got as much out of the car as possible today but we can be stronger tomorrow. "
Mark Gillan Chief Operations Engineer:
 Mark Gillan"We have had a relatively tough day today with Pastor experiencing a KERs problem in qualifying which forced us to pit his car and take no further part in the session. This was particularly disappointing as Pastor felt that his car balance was good. Bruno continued to improve throughout qualifying, finishing in P15 in what is a tight grid. We now need to concentrate on tomorrow and hope to use our better race pace to potentially make our way up into the points."
Senna
 

Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
5.412kms/ 3.362 miles

Hot & Dry
Air: 30 - 31C, Track: 37 – 43C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Q1

Q2

Q3

1

S Vettel

 Red Bull 1:34.308 1:33.527 1:32.422

2

L Hamilton

McLaren

1:34.813

 1:33.209 1:32.520

3

M Webber

 Red Bull

1:34.015

 1:33.311 1:32.637
15

B Senna
FW34 03
RS27-5337/2

 Williams F1 Team 1:34.466 (8th) 1:34.405 -

17*

P Maldonado
FW34 02
RS27-5344/2

Williams F1 Team

1:34.639 (13th)

No Time

 -
* Pastor incurs a five grid penalty for gearbox change on Friday. Will start 22nd.
 

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