Problematic pit stops hamper Williams

Pastor Maldonado - 15thIt was a good race for us today as we put everything together and we were on for some points. Its disappointing to finish where we did today after the problem with the pit stops but we have to look at the positives and move forward from this.Valtteri Bottas - 16th We didnt get a good start today as we had a few problems getting away from the line. We also lost some time in both pit stops so we need to work out what happened there. The race pace was better than we had seen previously this weekend which meant that we could have been challenging for points, but unfortunately it wasnt to be.Mike Coughlan, Williams technical director"We started the race on medium tyres, and as most of the cars around us started on softs we had the opportunity to run out of sync and make up some positions. We were targeting a two-stop strategy for both drivers which we made work. Pitting before the safety car also worked to our advantage. The drivers drove a clean race and managed the tyres well but we lost a lot of time in our pitstops. We had a problem getting the front-right tyres off both cars and also a problem on the left-rear during Valtteris final stop, which resulted in the drivers not being able to finish in the positions they deserved. We are now investigating what happened to make sure we can fix this for the future. Overall, our strategy, the higher track temperatures and our tyre management enabled us to be in a position to compete for the top ten.

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