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Williams again in Q3
Posted: Saturday July 09th 2011, 20:07 GMT
Pastor Maldonado achieved the third part of qualifying in his Williams today. Qualifying seventh is the Venezuelan's best result of the season so far. Maldonado said after the session that he was very happy with how his car behaved: "Our car is working well and we gave a good performance today. It is Williams' home race so I'm happy for the team. I'm quite confident and really looking forward to tomorrow as I always enjoy racing at Silverstone. The circuit with its quick corners suits our car so let's see what happens."
Technical director Sam Michael added: "It was good to have one car in the top ten today. We ran all the new parts on both cars - the exhaust, diffuser, front wing and suspension, which is always rewarding and gives the factory a clear direction for the forthcoming races. We're running to the FIA's 10% throttle requirement here which is something that will be reviewed again before Nürburgring. Seventh was a great result for Pastor in conditions that were more difficult than usual, and he's now in a strong position for the start of the race. Rubens was on it as well, but track conditions didn't go his way this afternoon."
Last year Williams was able to score a good amount of points by finishing 5th (Barrichello) and 10th (Nico Hulkenberg).
