Williams look likely to lose a car in Q1 qualifying at Suzuka after both Pastor Maldonado and Rubens Barrichello lost significant amounts of practice time in Japan on Friday. Whereas the former crashed through driver error in the second session, the latter was forced to park his car in both sessions.
“We’ve had a difficult start to the weekend, with not as much running as we had hoped for,” new Chief Operations Engineer Mark Gillan acknowledges. “Accordingly, we have now revised the running plan going into P3.”
Barrichello’s accident saw the Brazilian damage at least three corners of his car plus its front wing after spinning into the barriers between the Degner Curves.
“In this morning’s session, a puncture cut my session short and then an off this afternoon also put me out early,” said the Japanese Grand Prix winner of 2003. “The car felt quite loose before the incident and so we have a lot of things to look into now.”
Maldonado’s afternoon problem has been diagnosed as an engine issue.
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
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| 1. |  J. Button | McLaren | 01:31.901 | 32 |
| 2. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:32.075 | 33 |
| 3. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:32.095 | 35 |
| 4. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:32.147 | 28 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:32.448 | 34 |
| 6. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | 01:32.710 | 26 |
| 7. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:33.982 | 27 |
| 8. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:33.245 | 26 |
| 9. | V. Petrov | Lotus Renault | 01:33.446 | 36 |
| 10. | S. Buemi | Toro Rosso | 01:33.681 | 33 |
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