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Aston Martin Racing announces P&G partnership at Sebring
Aston Martin Racing has signed a deal with the global personal products group Procter and Gamble (P&G), which sees leading household-name brands Gillette and Head & Shoulders as partners of its 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and Le Mans 24 Hours campaign.
Bruno Senna: No hard feelings on Williams' decision
Bruno Senna, aware of the team's long term plans for some time already, today accepted pragmatically the choice of Williams driver line up for the next Formula 1 season which was announced earlier this morning in England.
Brazilian GP Race
Race Notes
- It was a disappointing final race of the season for the Williams F1 Team with both cars retiring in the first few laps of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
- After making a good start, Bruno Senna got caught in an unavoidable incident with Sebastian Vettel which resulted in him stopping out on track with damage before the end of lap one.
Brazilian GP Qualifying
Qualifying Notes
• Pastor Maldonado qualified sixth and Bruno Senna 12th for tomorrow’s Brazilian Grand Prix.
• After comfortably getting through into Q3, Pastor put in a strong lap as the times continued to fall after the track had dried out from an earlier rain shower.
• Bruno just missed out on Q3 after putting in some good clean laps in Q1.
Brazilian GP Practice
Objectives
- Aero evaluations and prototype 2013 Pirelli tyre runs in FP1.
- Longer runs, tyre and set-up work in FP2.
United States GP Race
Race Notes
- It was another double points finish for the Williams F1 Team with Pastor Maldonado finishing ninth and Bruno Senna tenth, collecting three points in total in the United States Grand Prix.
- After dropping back to 15th in the early stages, Pastor pushed hard on a one-stop strategy to make his way back through the field and catch Bruno to take P9.
- Bruno drove well fighting his way up to eighth before his only pitstop of the race, but on rejoining was held up behind Hulkenberg who defended well to keep Bruno behind allowing Pastor to catch them both.
United States GP Qualifying
- Pastor Maldonado qualified tenth and Bruno Senna 11th for tomorrow’s United States Grand Prix.
- After comfortably getting through into Q3, Pastor struggled to get the tyres into their optimal window on his final run on the medium compound.
- Bruno made a mistake in the final moments of Q2, running wide at Turn 19 resulting in him narrowly missing out on a place in Q3.
- With the good race pace seen yesterday, the team are feeling confident of moving both cars further into the points tomorrow.
United States GP Practice
Objectives
- Track familiarisation
- Tyre runs and set-up work
- Longer runs in FP2
Abu Dhabi GP Race
Race Notes
- It was a double points finish for the Williams F1 Team today with Pastor Maldonado fifth and Bruno Senna eighth after what was an exciting Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
- After starting in P3 on the grid on soft tyres, Pastor was hampered by losing KERS in the early stages but fought well to claim fifth on a one-stop strategy.
- Bruno made a great start on the hard tyres but was caught up in a first corner incident dropping him back.
- The team collected 14 important championship points after solid drives from both drivers, giving the team a great momentum going into the final races of the season.
Abu Dhabi GP Qualifying
Qualifying Notes
- Pastor Maldonado qualified fourth and Bruno Senna 15th for tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
- Pastor improved throughout the session to put together a great final lap in Q3 of 1: 41.226.
- Bruno had a difficult session with car problems in Q1 and hindered by traffic to finish Q2 in 15th.