Pastor Maldonado made his official debut in an F1 car yesterday at Valencia as Williams continued testing out the FW33. Maldonados run was however shorter than intended, due to a sensor problem robbing fellow driver Rubens Barrichello of two of his allotted hours, and as such Maldonado also lost time on track. However the main aim for Pastor was simply to shakedown the car and get used to driving it, and he managed 29 laps which should be good preperation for his full run tomorrow. In terms of lap times, Rubens best effort was the 9th best of the day with a 1:16.023, with Maldonado 2 tenths behind him in 11th. Following their day Rubens and Pastor spoke to the media:Rubens: "We have improved the car from yesterday. We had an electrical problem in the morning and the boys did a great job to sort everything out. We then had to do some quick work as I had to hand the car over to Pastor this afternoon. The work done last night on set-up has improved the car a little. We are still not there with the balance but we are going in the right direction."
Pastor: "It was great to adapt myself to the new car. It was my first time in the FW33 so I am really happy to get started. Tomorrow I will get more experience and keep working to understand the car"
All quotes with kind permission of AT&T Williams F1
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