CHINESE GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
The AT&T Williams team endured a difficult qualifying
session ahead of tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix with
both drivers struggling with car performance and as a consequence
will line up on the eight and tenth row of the grid for tomorrow’s
race. The team will be seeking to make the most of its remaining
options with race strategy in expected adverse weather conditions
for tomorrow’s race.
Nico Rosberg:
We had problems getting the tyres to work on our
car. Sometimes it was losing grip and sliding at the front,
sometimes it was the rear. With these characteristics, there
was no possibility of setting a quick time due to the lack
of predictability. Our performance was poor and the final
outcome in qualifying today will make tomorrow difficult for
us. Now I think we should hope for some rain tomorrow - not
as much as in Fuji – but enough to give us a chance.
Alex Wurz:
After morning practice, I felt the car was going to be pretty
strong and we would be okay. In qualifying, the car felt alright
in terms of balance but we just didn’t have the speed.
We will have to accept the situation and see what we can do
tomorrow.
Patrick Head, Director of Engineering:
Obviously today saw a very weak performance from us. We seem
to have difficulty getting the time out of the option tyre,
but other teams haven’t so we have to look to ourselves
for the cause of that and it’s going to be a very difficult
race tomorrow starting where we are on the grid. Meanwhile,
it seems as if there is the possibility of some mixed weather
conditions tomorrow and we will have to make the best of them
and get what we can from the race.
SHANGHAI, CHINA
5.451 KMS / 3.387 MILES
Scattered cloud and wind
AIR 29-300C, TRACK 41-460C
QUAL DRIVER TEAM Q1 Q2 Q3
1 L HAMILTON McLAREN - - 1:35.908
2 K RAIKKONEN FERRARI - - 1:36.044
3 F MASSA FERRARI - - 1:36.221
16 N Rosberg FW29-05 H195 AT&T WILLIAMS 1:37.144 (12th)
1:37.483 -
19 A Wurz FW29-03 H185 AT&T WILLIAMS 1:37.456 -
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