British GP: Williams Racing Race Review
By Williams Racing
July 19 2021
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Williams Racing British GP
Race Review |
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Race Notes
• George Russell finished 12th and Nicholas Latifi 14th in the British
Grand Prix
• George started 12th and Nicholas 17th, both on the medium Pirelli tyre
• Both cars swapped to a fresh set of the medium compound under the Red
Flag, with George subsequently stopping on lap 18 and Nicholas lap 19
for the hard Pirelli tyre |
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Nicholas Latifi:
"It was a very hot and physically challenging race. It was all
about managing the tyres, and we moved forward after two poor starts off
the line so that is a positive. I think we overmanaged the first stint
on the tyres, but then had to box to prevent an undercut. The last stint
felt OK but it was difficult at the end to move forward and get close to
other cars in the dirty air. I am happy overall with my performance and
I think it was a decent race for the package we had. There are some
positives to take away from the weekend and I’m now looking forward to
Hungary." |
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George Russell:
"P12 was the maximum today for us. We made a poor getaway initially
on the first start but a really good one on the second. Sadly, we had
already lost a few positions. When you have 50 or 60 laps in a race the
true pace of the car comes out and realistically, we are still slightly
slower than Alpha Tauri, Alpine and Aston Martin right now. Defending
from those teams was always going to be difficult but we’ve been racing
in the top-12 in the last four races, fighting for points in three of
them, so we are making some good progress.
It has been an amazing weekend here at Silverstone with a strong weekend
and the support from the home crowd. I wish it was like this every
weekend! I am so grateful, and I hope as a team we can continue to
perform and give them something to cheer about." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"We enjoyed a good fight with the midfield teams today and we raced
hard in difficult and hot conditions. The early safety car and race
suspension made the one-stop race easier than it might otherwise have
been, and the race became one of balancing attack and tyre management.
It was a shame that we were unable to beat the Alpha Tauri cars having
outperformed them on Friday evening, but that is racing, and they are a
strong team.
We can take a lot of positives from this weekend and we enjoyed the
different format. Having raced in the heat here in Silverstone, we are
well prepared for the next event in Budapest in two weeks’ time, which
is also likely to be very hot. The nature of the Hungaroring is quite
different to Silverstone, but aspects of the tyre behaviour will carry
forward." |
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Track: Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain
Lap Length: 5.891 km / 3.661 miles |
Weather: Hot temperatures
Temperature: Air: 31-29°C Track: 48-52°C |
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POS |
DRIVER |
TEAM |
Time (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
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1 |
L Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1:58:23.284 (1:29.699) |
2 |
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2 |
C Leclerc |
Ferrari |
+ 3.871 (1:30.569) |
4 |
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3 |
V Bottas |
Mercedes |
+ 11.125 (1:30.524) |
3 |
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12 |
G RUSSELL |
Williams Racing |
+ 1 LAP (1:32.049) |
12 |
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14 |
N LATIFI |
Williams Racing |
+ 1 LAP (1:32.477) |
17 |
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