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| Williams F1 Team had a mixed bag results at the Indian Grand Prix with Bruno Senna finishing in points with a tenth while Pastor Maldonado suffering an unfortunate DNF |
Race Notes
• Bruno Senna made his one-stop strategy
work, overtaking Nico Rosberg to finish in tenth position and claim one world championship
point.
• Pastor looked set to finish in the points, but his race was hindered by
a right-rear puncture after contact with Kobayashi, and eventually finished in 16th.
• The Williams-Renault FW34 has shown a clear improvement in pace this weekend and
the team will be looking to build on this result in Abu Dhabi next weekend.
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: We are pleased to see
that the race pace is strong once more with Bruno coming home in tenth even though our
race was ultimately compromised with traffic and Pastor's race effectively finished when
he picked up a rear puncture when Kobayashi made contact with him in Turn 5 on lap
31.
Bruno Senna: We had a strong car in the race and after a disappointing
qualifying yesterday, getting a point means that I am happy with today’s
performance. It was a fun race because I was fighting with cars that were very similar on
pace so I had to make my overtaking manoeuvres stick, and so that was very satisfying. The
car has felt much better this weekend so we will head to the next race with a lot more
confidence.
Pastor Maldonado: The car was feeling good today and I was confident
that I was going to score points, but my race was effectively over when I was hit and
picked up a puncture which put me towards the back and lost me a lot of time. It was a
very unlucky race for me in the end, but we can take some positives in the fact that the
pace of the car has improved and we should be more competitive for the final three races
of the season.
Laurent Debout, Renault Sport F1 team support leader: Tenth
position for Bruno is at least one point, but everyone expected more from the race. It was
a shame that Pastor lost some time with the puncture as the car has been quick this
weekend. We’ll hope to get two cars in the points in Abu Dhabi.
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