SPANISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
The AT&T Williams team endured an unsatisfactory qualifying
session this afternoon at the Circuit de Catalunya for tomorrow’s
Spanish Grand Prix. For his debut race at the Spanish track,
Kazuki Nakajima secured his best qualifying position of the
season and will line up in 12th on the grid, having narrowly
missed out on a place in the final round. Meanwhile, team-mate
Nico Rosberg will start the race from P15 having suffered
with a balance problem on his FW30. The team will now concentrate
on optimising strategy for tomorrow’s race to promote
both cars into point-scoring positions.
Kazuki Nakajima:
It was a little bit difficult out there for the team today.
Personally, though, my result in today’s qualifying
was the best I’ve had so far this year so I’m
fairly happy with that. I only just missed the top ten as
well, which was a shame. We still have the race tomorrow,
and you never know what can happen. We will see what we can
do with our strategy and I will just try my hardest to get
the most out of it.
Nico Rosberg:
It wasn’t a good day for us today. I’ve struggled
with the balance of my car since we arrived, but the only
things that we could adjust to try and improve it during qualifying
were the front wing and the tyre pressures, but that wasn’t
enough so I wasn’t able to do better this afternoon.
It will be very difficult starting the race from 15th, but
it does allow us to decide our fuel level. I’m hoping
I’ll get a good start and gain some positions from the
outset, and then we shall see where we can go from there.
Sam Michael, Technical Director:
That was obviously not as good as what we had expected considering
our efforts in practice yesterday. From just outside the top
ten, however, we can fight our way into the points with a
strong strategy and that’s what we’ll be aiming
to do tomorrow.
CIRCUIT DE CATALUNYA, SPAIN
4.655KMS / 2.892 MILES
WEATHER: Clear and sunny
AIR 23 - 240C, TRACK 37 - 400C
POS DRIVER TEAM Q1 Q2 Q3
1 K Raikkonen Ferrari - - 1:21.813
2 F Alonso Renault - - 1:21.904
3 F Massa Ferrari - - 1:22.058
12 K Nakajima FW30 04-H294 AT&T WILLIAMS 1:21.690 (15th)
1:21.117 -
15 N Rosberg FW30 03–H293 AT&T WILLIAMS 1:21.472
(10th) 1:21.349 -
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