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Williams Racing British GP Qualifying Review |
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Qualifying Notes:
• George Russell qualified 15th and Nicholas Latifi 20th for the British
Grand Prix
• George secured his third consecutive Q2 appearance of the season,
clocking a time of 1:27.092 in
Q2
• Nicholas’s quickest of Q1 was his second flying lap, with a time of
1:27.705
• George was given a five-place grid penalty for failing to slow
sufficiently for double yellow flags at
Turn 7 |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"We made a
big reset with the car overnight to be more competitive. The car was
feeling much better and I had a lot more confidence. I am very
disappointed with myself and the mistake I made on my final lap. I got
too greedy on the throttle, and just spun the car around. I think if I
had actually done the lap, I probably could have done a lap good enough
for Q2 that George showed was possible. We had some doubts coming into
this weekend about the potential of the car in qualifying relative to
how it was in Budapest. So it shows that the gains still carry over to a
track like this. There are some positive signs, I am just a bit
frustrated from my side of the garage." |
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George Russell:
"We have got to be pleased with our performance. It is three races in a
row now we have
been faster on Saturday and slower on Sunday, and so we tried to set the
car up more for Sunday, so I was quite surprised with the performance we
had today. The car felt great it was really fun driving around the
track. Once we made it to Q2 we always want more, but our realistic goal
was to out qualify the Haas and the Alfa, because the next team,
AlphaTauri were just too far ahead. I was pleased with the job I did,
and we will see what happens tomorrow." |
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"The pace of the car today was quite good and confirmed that we did a
good job yesterday and overnight. After FP3 both drivers felt that the
car had improved since Friday and were looking forward to qualifying.
The gusty conditions this afternoon made driving a little difficult and
unfortunately Nicholas succumbed to the wind on his final timed lap. The
resulting yellow flag forced George to slow down and lose time on a
rapidly evolving track. His time was still good enough to qualify for Q2
for the third race in a row, but unfortunately the stewards considered
that he did not react appropriately to the yellow flag and consequently
has been awarded a five-place grid penalty for tomorrow’s race.
Cooler conditions are expected tomorrow, but Silverstone remains a
demanding track for the tyres and a variety of strategies can be
expected during the race. We have tried to rebalance our qualifying and
race pace this weekend having recently found races a little more
difficult than qualifying. We will see tomorrow if we have made progress
in this regard.
Whatever happens tomorrow, both drivers did well today with Nicholas
quickly adapting to the test items that George looked at yesterday, and
George showing strong pace throughout the day. The pace of the car
continues to improve and our ability to adapt the set-up from the high
downforce demands of Hungary to the high efficiency of Silverstone bodes
well for the rest of the season, especially when we look forward to the
next triple-header which begins in Spa in a few weeks’ time." |
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