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Difficult qualifying for Williams brings P15 and P17
Williams again struggled in qualifying and had trouble getting its cars to the second part of qualifying. Pastor Maldonado qualified 15th with Valtteri Bottas 17th for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix.
Pastor progressed into Q2, pushing to get the maximum he could out of the FW35 today, but after crossing the line in tenth, his time of 1:37.139 left him in 15th as those around him improved. Valtteri didn’t get a perfect lap in Q1 meaning a late run from Ricciardo was enough to knock him out of qualifying in the final stages. Mike Coughlan, Technical Director: 'In a close grid where you only get a single lap in qualifying, any small mistakes are punished. We feel we have a much better...
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