Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg qualified 15th and 17th for the Turkish Grand Prix, on a track that Williams say does not suit the FW32.
Barrichello explained the problems faced by the team at Istanbul Park: “In a way, we did well to achieve a good balance on the car for qualifying, but we are suffering with our top speeds here,” said the Brazilian.
“The track doesn't suit the car as much as Monaco did so we are struggling a little bit more than normal. We are far away from where we want to be, but Williams are fighters. We need to keep that spirit up and keep pushing to get to where we want to be.”
Hulkenberg agreed that Williams are just not fast enough at this circuit: “It was tough going today. On my second run in Q2, I picked up some oversteer at the exit of turn 7 which put me off line and unfortunately cost me my lap.
“We are pushing really hard at the moment and trying to squeeze all we can out of the car but we still have plenty of work to do. A lot can happen in the race so I'll be giving it everything I can.”
Williams technical director Sam Michael knows that the team can only realistically hope for a small points haul tomorrow from these starting positions: “Today's result is clearly not where we want to be. We’re going through the data to look for the main differences to our competitors, but the obvious target is to bring more performance to the car for the forthcoming races.
“The track engineers will now concentrate on getting a good start tomorrow with a view to getting into the points.”
