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Lack of rear grip to blame for poor Williams qualifying
Felipe Massa qualified 13th and Valtteri Bottas 15th for tomorrow's Malaysian Grand Prix in a rain affected qualifying session. Both cars struggled for rear grip in the wet conditions.
Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: On the whole it was a disappointing day for us. In Q2 Valtteri was keen to start on intermediates and Felipe felt that the wet tyre would be the best choice. They were both reporting a lack of grip and rear instability as the rain continued to fall, and switched tyres to try and improve but were not able to find the sort of lap time needed to progress into Q3. The car is clearly struggling in wet conditions compared to the competitive pace it has been showing in the...
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