Brazilian GP: Positive qualifying for Williams Racing
By Williams Racing
November 12 2022
Qualifying for the 2022 Brazilian GP would see the Williams Racing Team come away with a positive session that would see Al;ex Albon finish in 11th and Nicholas Latifi 16th. The session would be run under tricky conditions with rain falling at the start only to see the rain ease and the track dry out making the timing of runs on the dry weather soft tyres crucial. Both drivers would fail to make the cut for the next period by the smallest of margins. Now it will come down to what Alex and Nicholas can do in the Sprint.
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Williams Racing
Brazilian GP
Qualifying Review |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"In
these conditions it was quite clear when we went out on the inters that
at some point it was going to switch to slicks. So it was tricky to try
to judge the conditions and we tried to build the rhythm and get the
right lap in at the end and I think I was among one of the first few
cars to switch to slicks, so it could have gone either way. It was
frustrating as you hope to be able to make a bit of a difference in the
session, but we had some issues during the session as well, and without
that I think there was room for a bit more." |
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Alex Albon:
"As a car, what makes our tyres work is different to most people,
so we were really doing our own thing today. We did a really good job
with P11 and at a track like this, it’s not easy and it was really close
out there. We were only a couple tenths behind P5, so I’m really proud
and think we did a great job. This hopefully sets us up for the rest of
the weekend, but we’ll see what we can do out there tomorrow." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"After a productive FP1 session in the dry, we were straight into wet
qualifying. The conditions in Q1 were tricky with the track always
likely to be ready for slicks before the end of the session but timing
the swap off the intermediates was key. We got this about right, but it
was tricky during the opening laps on the slick. Both drivers had
several good opportunities to set a lap and Alex was able to make the
most of them to qualify comfortably for Q2. Nicholas just missed out on
a place in Q2 despite doing a good job in the difficult conditions.
We were expecting more rain before the end of qualifying and tried to
time the final run in Q2 as late as possible. Frustratingly, Alex wasn’t
quite able to get into Q3, which is a shame as Haas showed what a good
opportunity it was today; congratulations to them on an excellent pole
position. We now move focus to FP2 and the Sprint race. We will get
Alex’s car ready for Logan and then we’ll see what we can do in the
Sprint. With more tropical weather around for the rest of the weekend, a
lot could still happen and we’ll be ready to make the most of any
opportunities." |
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