Bruno Senna is targeting a place in the final part of qualifying at Singapore tomorrow although he didn’t make life easy for himself on Friday, crashing during FP2. The Brazilian hit the wall at turn 19, ending his session after just over half an hour, but did enough laps to convince him the car is competitive.
“It wasn’t an ideal day but I was still able to learn a lot about the car and we have a good idea on the direction we will take tomorrow. I made a mistake in FP2 and touched the wall which damaged the car. I was trying to push hard and on a track like this unfortunately that means you can end up in the wall. There isn’t too much damage so we need to work hard to be 100 per cent ready for tomorrow. We are aiming for the top ten but the grid is looking very tight so we are going to have to push very hard. It’s going to be important to qualifying as far forward as possible at this circuit but the competition is strong.”
Despite ending the night in thirteenth, Williams teammate Pastor Maldonado was also happy with the consistency of the FW34 but doesn’t think the pecking order for the weekend is clear yet.
“It was a good day as we completed our plan. We lost one run in FP1 due to the weather, as the track was still wet, but I’m happy we were able to get all the data we needed. We need to work on our performance but the consistency of the car looks good. It’s difficult to say where we are at this stage as we don’t know what everyone else is doing and this track can be quite unpredictable. The track is also improving all the time so we’ll see tomorrow. You have to change your approach in Singapore but I really enjoy it. It’s both physically and mentally challenging for drivers, but it is an amazing circuit to drive.”
