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Williams Racing 70th Anniversary Qualifying Review |
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Qualifying Notes:
• George Russell qualified 15th and Nicholas Latifi 18th for the 70th
Anniversary Grand Prix
• George made it into Q2 for the fourth time this year, clocking a time
of 1:27.455
• Nicholas’s quickest of Q1 was his final flying lap, with a time of
1:28.430 |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"I think we
had a shot at getting into Q2, especially after FP3 we were looking
strong and everything was feeling good. However, in qualifying the
conditions were completely different and the car felt a little bit more
unpredictable and a little bit more on edge. As a result, I just didn’t
do a good enough lap, probably down to experience. When the car was not
in the window I one hundred percent needed, I struggled to put the lap
together. Overall, I am quite disappointed as I really did think that we
had the potential today." |
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George Russell:
"I was pleased with that qualifying session and the lap felt good. It
felt harder to drive than it did last week, the conditions are
different, with new tyres and it is very windy here which makes it
really tricky to drive. This week I had to give everything I had as it
was very close, but I’m happy with the job. I think the mediums were the
faster qualifying tyre today, which Romain used two sets of. We will
have a new set to use tomorrow, so I think we are in a good position for
the race." |
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"As expected, there were a lot of tyre combinations run
throughout qualifying as everyone tried to balance their prospects for
qualifying and the race. Nicholas and George opted for slightly
different approaches to Q1, with Nicholas building on his FP3 momentum
on the soft compound and George opting to mix compounds and spend a
little extra time on the track. We were expecting a tight battle with
Haas for promotion to Q2, but on this occasion, both George and Grosjean
made it through. We will start the race just behind the Haas but hope
that our improving race pace will be enough to beat him in tomorrow’s
expected hot conditions.
The whole team worked well together again today and gave both drivers
good opportunities to execute their respective strategies. In the end,
the lap times were heavily influenced by being lucky with the wind gusts
during a timed lap; today Nicholas was less fortunate than George." |
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