Complicated Friday for the Williams, which begins its weekend in Sao Paulo with a few too many question marks. First of all, qualifying did not go as the team hoped, with a double elimination in Q1 and the occupation of the ninth row, ahead of only Haas. Furthermore, Schumacher and Mazepin did not go so far from the two FW43Bs: both the German (who had a potentially good lap canceled) and the Russian (error in curve-12) have to complain about yesterday and with a little more luck could have even surpassed a George Russell off, also beaten by Nicholas Latifi. These are the words of the Williams drivers after qualifying.
Nicholas Latifi (P17, 1: 09.897): “From the beginning of FP1 we understood that it would be a difficult Friday, as we were unable to find the feeling with the car. We always seem to take a step forward in qualifying, but we weren’t able to take a big enough step. I would have liked to go to Q2, but the good thing about this format is that we have another chance to recover positions in Sprint Qualifying. We succeeded in Monza, we hope there will be opportunities for us“.
George Russell (P18, 1: 09.953): “Unfortunately, it didn’t go well. I couldn’t get the tires to work and there was a bit of wind on the track, which is historically not ideal for us. My ride was good but nothing special. This is only the second time in 19 races that we haven’t made it to Q2, we need to figure out where to improve. PL2 will give a better indication of our race pace, but I think Sprint Qualifying will be another event where we may encounter difficulties.“.
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