Hydraulic leak for Hulkenberg
The Williams F1 Team is back in action this weekend as the Turkish Grand Prix is scheduled at Istanbul Park. The team evaluatd new aero parts during the Turkish Friday, but in the afternoon, Nico Hulkenberg lost track time as he suffered a hydraulic leak. The team is now evaluating the collected data in order to get the set-up right for tomorrow's qualifying session.
Sam Michael, Technical Director: "We evaluated a couple of aero parts in the morning, which we continued with in the afternoon. With Rubens’ car, we spent some time working on car set-up, and we still have quite a lot of work to do before tomorrow. Nico made good progress today, but he lost the majority of the second session due to a hydraulic leak. The problem is fully understood and resolved."
Nico Hulkenberg:
Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (2 laps, install), Run 2: New Prime (7 laps, baseline set-up), Run 3: Used Prime (6 laps, aero set-up), Run 4: Used Prime (8 laps, race set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (5 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 2: Used Prime (2 laps, set-up test), Run 3: New Option (4 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 4: Used Option (6 laps, race set-up)
"Today was a typical Friday. We had a problem in the afternoon with a hydraulic leak, but we still managed quite a few laps and covered everything that we wanted to test. We will see where we are tomorrow."
Rubens Barrichello:
Runs P1: Run 1: New Prime (1 lap, install), Run 2: Used Prime (6 laps, baseline set-up), Run 3: Used Prime (7 laps, aero set-up), Run 4: Used Prime (5 laps, race set-up)
Runs P2: Run 1: New Prime (6 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 2: Used Prime (5 laps, set-up test), Run 3: Used Prime (4 laps, set-up test), Run 4: New Option (5 laps, tyre evaluation), Run 5: Used Option (12 laps, race set-up)
"I had a busy day. The car didn’t really perform that well so we need to search the data tonight to see what we can find for qualifying."
