Caterham F1 Team Monza qualifying 07.09.2013: ITALIAN GRAND PRIX FP3 & QUALIFYING Autodromo di Monza, Italy - 7th September 2013

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX FP3 & QUALIFYING

Autodromo di Monza, Italy - 7th September 2013 



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Weather

FP3: Dry, sunny; min / max track temp 35° - 41°, air temp 28° - 29°
Q1: Dry, sunny; min / max track temp 43°, air temp 30°


Fastest laps / positions:

FP3: PIC 1.26.607, 18th / VDG 1.27.172, 19th  
Q1: VDG 1.26.406, 19th / PIC 1.26.563, 20th



Total laps:

FP3: PIC 21 / VDG 20
Q1: VDG 10 / PIC 10



Runplan
 

Charles Pic, car #20, chassis CT03-06
 
FP3

1103 – 1115: Run 1, 7 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle, rear brake duct blanking, front toe
1126 – 1138: Run 2, 8 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle
1151 – 1201: Run 3, 6 laps (medium tyres)
 
Q1

1400 – 1409: Run 1, 5 laps (medium tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle
1414 – 1422: Run 2, 5 laps (medium tyres)
 


Giedo van der Garde, car #21, chassis CT03-04
 
FP3

1104 – 1118: Run 1, 8 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: front brake duct blanking, front wing flap angle
1125 – 1135: Run 2, 6 laps (hard tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle
1152 – 1201: Run 3, 6 laps (medium tyres)
 


Q1

1401 – 1409: Run 1, 5 laps (medium tyres)
Changes: front wing flap angle
1414 – 1421: Run 2, 5 laps (medium tyres)
 
 

Driver quotes
 

Charles Pic: “The team worked very hard last night going through all the data from yesterday and after my first FP3 run it was clear we’d made good progress. The car felt better balanced, particularly in the medium speed corners and it improved again throughout the session.


By the time we went for the performance run we’d found a setup that was working pretty well, much closer to what we wanted to see so we went into quali feeling quite positive.
 

“Between FP3 and quali the track temps increased and when I went out for the first run in Q1 the car balance wasn’t there anymore. It had changed from the morning and I felt like I couldn’t really push. We’d opted for two runs on the mediums and my quickest lap on the first run was ok.


We added a bit more front wing for the second run and I put in my quickest time on the final lap of run two, but there was definitely more to come if we’d had the same sort of balance we’d had in FP3. Despite that, the main target for the team was to finish ahead of our direct competitors and we clearly did that today.”
 


Giedo van der Garde: “FP3 started ok for me. We still had some understeer in sector two and there was too much front locking so we corrected that for run two. The real issue was still managing the front tyre warm up which is obviously critical in maximising performance, but throughout the session we kept working on it and by the performance run we were happier with where we were..
 

“In quali we went for two runs on the mediums, going out early in the session for three timed laps and the car felt pretty good. There was a bit more to come in sector one and we put more front wing on for the second run and on the first flying lap I nailed it.


A mid-26 was about as good as we could have hoped for so I’m really pleased with how quali went. It’s another session where I’m building my experience and my confidence in the car so I’ll go into the race feeling really good.”
 


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