Mark Gillan after Pastor Maldonado was the fourth place on the grid in Abu Dhabi delighted with the performance of the Venezuelan - he had achieved the maximum.
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| Pastor Maldonado on Saturday was the surprise |
Continue along with Williams - with P4 shocked Pastor Maldonado in qualifying for the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, one or the other competitors. Even chief engineer Mark Gillan, the second row was a surprise. "The race pace was very good on Friday - our Qualifyingpace was never as good as that on the long runs, so we have worked to strengthen," said the Briton, who was pleased that this work now apparently bore fruit. "But I think P4 was really close at the maximum, which today was driving it -. Therefore we are very satisfied" Within a few weeks you may have to increase significantly. "The car was in Korea, for example, is not particularly strong, just as it was about the balance.
"In New Delhi, but we have been working hard and improving." In Abu Dhabi, we have continued to make it. General Gillan guess the current potential of the FW34 at number five or six. "P4 for pastor was so of course very good." The most important thing always make it somehow into Q3, because then much would be possible as a result of demonstrating. "This track here is due to the late running times and the temperatures drop very tricky. If the track then so changed that much, you have to rely as a team all the more to the driver and that he himself knows where he attack and where can not. Since he has "done a very good job today, Gillan praised his protege in the second row.
P4 makes life easier
On Sunday, we must now try to keep their heads as long as possible in the top group. "Our starts this season were always very good - the only problem is that it carries a much higher risk that something happens when you qualify in the middle and in the confusion," said the Williams man. Insofar Maldonado did at the start not only a meter advantage but also the upper hand, which would affect the risk of an early collision. "Front, it is easier to control the race pace." The last one had to learn the hard way in India firsthand. "Since our race was more or less destroyed by traffic. All the more we are now looking forward to returning forward drive off."
Gillan was in any case convinced: "If we get away well again, the signs are not bad, especially when you consider how much Pastor was on Friday on the road." Wanted a podium not exclude the engineers at appropriate circumstances on the desert course. "There is absolutely no reason why we should not bring in a very good result." Less fortunate than his team-mate Bruno Senna, however, had on Saturday. After he had the day before struggling with brake problems and schedule in any case only the second session was in the car, in the qualifying strike the KERS of the Brazilian.
On a track with lots of long straights, a significant disadvantage, which ultimately reflected so that more than a sobering 15th Starting rank for the 29-year-old just was not in it. That for the second Williams but it all was lost, did not yet believe Gillan. "The brake problems of yesterday and already today we could solve the problems on KERS are already rectified - for the race so everything should work," he made Senna courage. It was however clear that the misery in Brazil certainly could affect the balance of his Boliden.
Internally good cooperation
But since you plan similar programs in both drivers, we intend to limit downside Sennas also the fact that one vote for its Balance Transfer the data from well functioning Maldonado Williams. "Because we work as a team always together very closely, also on Friday, even if we use all three riders," revealed Gillan. The focus would be on Sunday but still on Maldonados great chance for a top position. Could be involved that the current as impetuous Venezuelans in a collision, he did not believe. "Pastor is a very fast rider and he had for some time been no more incidents."
"He knows our goals for tomorrow and we just - its primarily about to enter good points," said Gillan. His pilot attackiere this weekend really hard. "And we expect the same from him tomorrow." Also in view of the teams World Cup they wanted to continue to give our all. "There are still three races, we are being fast in a good position and the car - now we just need the big points," the Briton squinted with one eye also toward Force India, the on in the constructors championship in front of one lie in seventh place, but have also been a whopping 34 points ahead of the tradition Stuppe from Grove.
