17 APRIL 2011

The Williams Cosworth FW33 proved itself reliable today allowing AT&T Williams drivers, Rubens Barrichello and

full race distance in Formula One. The team now returns to Grove with lessons learnt from the opening three

There is nothing satisfying about finishing out of the points. Reliability‐wise, however, it was positive to get both

cars to the finish. There were stages during the race when our performance was respectable so we need to focus

on those areas and improve our qualifying pace. We have some sound upgrades planned for Istanbul and we will be

concentrating our efforts on those.

We opted for a two‐stop strategy today, others did three, but I don’t think that made a difference. The car isn’t

performing as well as it should. I am going to work hard to help the team improve it. I need this car to be

performing better and I know we can make it happen.

I’m pleased that we finished the race because we now have more data to analyse how the FW33 is working over a

race distance which we haven’t had to date. My car felt ok, but we need to find more speed and improve our

performance. We have a long gap between now and Turkey to look over the data and make improvements.

1 L Hamilton McLaren 1:36:58.226 (1:40.415, 2nd) 3 3 (15, 25, 38)

2 S Vettel Red Bull Racing +5.198 (1:41.321, 8th) 1 2 (14, 31)

3 M Webber Red Bull Racing +7.555 (1:38.993, 1st) 18 3 (10, 25, 40)