British GP: Williams race report
Today's British Grand Prix at Silverstone delivered another points-scoring finish for the AT&T Williams team in front of a home crowd. Nico Rosberg claimed a second successive fifth place finish, his four points promoting the team into the top half ...
Today's British Grand Prix at Silverstone delivered another points-scoring finish for the AT&T Williams team in front of a home crowd. Nico Rosberg claimed a second successive fifth place finish, his four points promoting the team into the top half of the Constructors' Championship to fifth place. Despite gaining track position in the first lap and running in fourth up until his first stop, Kazuki Nakajima was unable to convert the competitive pace he's demonstrated all weekend and dropped down the order to end the race in P11.
Nico Rosberg:
I am very pleased for the whole team, and for myself, that we had another
good race. We still didn't get the result that we are capable of today, but
Barrichello was slow in the middle stint and I was stuck behind him and that
cost me the place to Massa. If that hadn't happened, we would have had a
solid fourth place. I have to say a big well done to the team because
everyone is doing a really great job and we are moving ahead in terms of
development. We are consistent on every track so I'm looking forward to the
races to come.
Kazuki Nakajima:
That result was not ideal for me. There weren't any particular reasons for
it. I was pleased with my start and I thought it was going to be a good race
for me, but I was held up by the car in front before my first stop and then
it was difficult to keep up with the cars ahead of me for the rest of the
race.
Sam Michael, Technical Director:
It was great for the team to pick up more points today with Nico's fifth
place and it shows we're still heading in the right direction with
development. Nico drove well, it was just a shame he was caught up in
traffic for the majority of the race as I think he could have done more. He
showed that he was quick by setting the third fastest laptime in the race,
only behind the two Red Bulls. With his strategy, it was always going to be
difficult for Kazuki to score points, but he is definitely improving, and he
really helped the team with set-up direction this weekend.
-credit: williams
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