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Williams Racing Eifel GP Qualifying Review |
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Qualifying Notes:
• George Russell qualified 17th and Nicholas Latifi 18th for the Eifel
Grand Prix
• George’s fastest time of Q1 was a 1:27.564 on his final run
• Nicholas continued to improve throughout the session, with a time of
1:27.812 on his last effort |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"I think Q2 was
achievable today. I wasn’t completely happy with my laps on my second
and third sets of tyres. They were a bit messy with some snaps here and
there that hurt the
laptime, so I am a bit disappointed on that front. We made some sizable
changes from FP3 to qualifying to get the balance more in the window,
which I feel we did. I think tomorrow will be
interesting regardless, it could be mixed conditions, so I am very much
looking forward to it." |
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George Russell:
"I am a little bit disappointed; I think Q2 was possible if we had put
everything
together. It was tough in these cold conditions; the tyres are really
difficult to get working. In FP3 they were working well, and the car was
feeling great, but I couldn’t get the same feeling in qualifying. That
was a shame as we were so close to Q2 and I think we had the potential
today. In ordinary circumstances we know exactly where we are so I am
really excited for what the weather may bring tomorrow, hopefully it
will be mixed and create a bit of chaos. It will be an interesting race
and I am ready to fight tomorrow." |
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"After a frustrating day on Friday, it was good to get out of the garage
today. The track was busy throughout FP3 as everyone condensed their
usual programmes into 60mins of running. We had a productive session and
believe that we have got the car into a good window for the race
tomorrow.
Qualifying was a little disappointing as the car had the pace to qualify
for Q2, but we couldn’t quite put the lap together, missing the cut-off
by around half a tenth. We are now in a battle to get ahead of the Haas
cars early in the race and hope that something in front of us unfolds to
allow us to make some extra places. The cold and possibly damp
conditions tomorrow should help produce an interesting race and there is
still a lot to play for this weekend." |
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