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Williams: A difficult qualifying to start the season for us
17 March, 2013 Valtteri Bottas
Williams team and drivers report from qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Round 1 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship. Valtteri Bottas will start 16th with Pastor Maldonado 17th for the Australian GP later today.
Heavy rain hampered yesterday's qualifying session, meaning that Q2 and Q3 resumed on race day.
Both drivers found it difficult to get the performance out of the FW35 during Q1 with Pastor unable to progress into Q2.
When Q2 resumed on Sunday, Valtteri pushed hard on the intermediates, but the team’s gamble to switch to the supersoft tyres didn’t pay off and he was unable to improve on his lap time. Mike...
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