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Williams Racing Spanish Qualifying Review |
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Qualifying Notes:
• George Russell qualified 18th and Nicholas Latifi 19th for the Spanish
Grand Prix
• George set a 1:18.099, his best time of the session, on his second run
• Nicholas meanwhile improved on his final lap of his third run in Q1,
posting a 1:18.532 |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"We closed
the gap from yesterday after making some sizeable changes, but clearly
it still wasn’t enough. On my final lap, there was probably another
two-and-a-half tenths to find, but it obviously wouldn’t have changed my
position. We didn’t have the potential to get into Q2 as we have shown
at previous races with the hot track conditions not suiting our car as
much. We now have to focus on the race tomorrow to see what we can
salvage." |
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George Russell:
"I was pretty pleased with the qualifying session, as we were a
long way off our competitors in Free Practice. I was happy with our
performance step but nevertheless, we need to understand where our
Saturday pace has gone. With these hot track conditions we are
struggling to get the tyres in the right window. It’s a bit strange as
on paper, this circuit should suit us better than the last two weekends
at Silverstone. We need to look deep into it, understand where our good
pace has gone, and rectify it." |
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"We have had a tough day today and we need to understand
how we could have got more out of the tyres. We made some decent
improvements overnight but even so, we
struggled more than we expected in FP3 and had to make a few more
adjustments going into qualifying. In the circumstances, qualifying went
reasonably well and both drivers were able to deliver some good laps.
Unfortunately, Nicholas’s final lap was hurt a little by traffic in the
final chicane, and George’s tyre preparation was compromised by the
inevitable traffic jam in the last sector. However, the reality is that
these things happen during qualifying sessions and the best defence is
basic car pace, and we didn’t have enough of that today.
We need to work on the overall pace of the FW43 so that we are better
positioned going into the next sequence of races. In the meantime, we
will prepare for the race tomorrow where we hope to be in a battle with
Haas and Alfa Romeo. The long runs on Friday were tough for most and it
will be interesting to see people’s tyre choices tomorrow." |
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