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Belgian GP: Solid but difficult race for ROKiT Williams


By Williams Racing
September 2 2019

The 2019 Belgian GP would see the ROKiT Williams Team complete the race with a solid if still difficult result with both George Russell and Robert Kubica still suffering from the lack of pace from the FW42. George would finish 15th after a difficult start then settling into a somewhat lonely race. For Robert his race would see him start from the pit lane and like George would struggle for pace from the FW42. Both drivers would complete single pit stops during the race. 

 
  ROKiT Williams Racing Belgian GP Race Review
 
Russell
 
Race Notes
• George Russell finished 15th and Robert Kubica 17th in the Belgian Grand Prix
• The Brit started 15th on the grid, and Robert from the pitlane both on the medium Pirelli tyre • Both drivers ran a clean race, pitting on laps 30 and 31 for the soft Pirelli tyre
Kubica 
Robert Kubica:
"We had to start from the pitlane and had to compromise the car slightly due to yesterday. It might have been an advantage to start from the pitlane with the cooler weather, as you have much better tyre temperatures, but because of the safety car we couldn’t really gain anything from that.

The pace was not too bad, although I had a bit of degradation with the medium tyres in the early part of the race, then it stabilised, and I managed to resume pace. We put the soft compound on for the last part of the race and I was managing to keep Raikkonen behind, but I was a bit unlucky with Vettel lapping me. He got me into the DRS zone, and with Alfa being nearly 20kph faster than us on the straight line, it was easy for him to overtake me as well."
Kubica
 
Russell George Russell:
"It’s been a difficult day for everyone with the devastating news. Anthoine was a really great guy and I hope we did him proud, racing in his honour.

I didn’t make a good start, I was forced to the outside and then I saw Raikkonen going through the air with a lot of debris. I committed to the escape road, then when I came back on Verstappen was going slow, so I lost a lot of positions. Our pace was ok, although I don’t know the end gaps to the guys ahead of us. Overall, it was quite a lonely race. This was always going to be the toughest race of the year for us. Next weekend we must reset, fight and see what we can do."
George Robson Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"Both drivers completed solid one-stop races and brought the cars home in one piece. Following Raikkonen’s early contact we were able to race him, with George able to stay ahead. A frustratingly timed blue flag for Vettel meant that Robert was unable to stay ahead despite having enough pace to do so. Overall though the car was not well suited to Spa and racing on the long straights was difficult.

Next week we will be in Monza for the final European race of the season and we will approach the weekend as we always do and will adopt some of the learning points from this weekend. However, for now our thoughts remain with the family, friends and colleagues of Anthoine Hubert and we congratulate Charles on his maiden Formula One win."
 
Russell
 

Track: Circuit De Spa- Franchorchamps, Belgium
Lap Length: 7.004km / 4.352 miles

Weather: Dry and warm
Air: 17-18°C Track: 27-30°C

POS

DRIVER

TEAM

Time (Fastest Lap)

Grid

1

C Leclerc Ferrari 1:23:45.710 (1:46.664)

1

2 S Vettel Ferrari + 0.981 (1:46.580) 3
3 L Hamilton Mercedes + 12.585 (1:46.465) 4
         
15 R KUBICA ROKiT Williams Martini + 1 LAP (1:48.860) 15
17 G RUSSELL ROKiT Williams Martini + 1 LAP (1:49.220) Pit Lane
 
Russell
 

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Belgian GP: Solid but difficult race for ROKiT Williams
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03/09/2019 14:48
Andrew, I think you have the results at the end of the article are incorrect (copy-paste error?). You may want to fix that.

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