Williams Martini Racing F1 Italian Grand-Prix practices review 01.09.2017: Italian Grand Prix Practice Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: We managed to run our whole programme

Italian Grand Prix Practice
 




Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: We managed to run our whole programme in FP1 and FP2 without any issues, running a number of different aerodynamic configurations, with both drivers pretty happy with the balance of the car.



Quite quickly, Lance was familiar with this track. So the pace for both drivers looks to be in reasonable shape for qualifying and the race. It’s going to be an interesting qualifying as it always is at Monza.



Lance flat spotted his supersoft tyre in FP2 so he couldn’t do his long run on that tyre, concentrating on the soft instead, but apart from that everything was normal. We’ve had some difficult Fridays in the last few races so it’s nice to get one where things have gone to plan.
 



Felipe Massa: It was a much better Friday than we’ve had in the last few races, so I’m really optimistic that the car can be more competitive here in Monza compared with how it was in the last races.



We tried some different bodywork options and different wings plus we managed a lot of laps on the tyres so I really hope everything comes together to have a much better weekend.
 


Lance Stroll: Today we were much more competitive, and it looks much better this weekend than in the past events. I had a good day on my side, but spun on my good lap in FP2, which was a bit frustrating, and I didn’t get to put my lap time on the board with the supersofts.



 However, everything is feeling good and hopefully we will say the same tomorrow. I think we can be very close to Q3, if not in it, so we just have to make sure everything works out and we will see what happens.
 
 


Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy 5.793 km, 3.599 miles     
FP1    FP2
Weather    Warm and dry    Warm and dry


Air & Track Temperatures    22-23°C / 24-28°C    25-28°C / 33-41°C


F. Massa, FW40-01    1:23.561 (10th)    1:22.985 (10th)

L. Stroll, FW40-03    1:23.991 (13th)    1:23.403 (15th)

Quickest Time    L. Hamilton 1:21.537    V. Bottas 1:21.406
                     
 
 
-Sophie Ogg, photos Sutton Images