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Williams missed out on points

The Williams F1 drivers missed out on points today in the US Grand Prix. Alexander Wurz finished the race in tenth position while Nico Rosberg had to end his race four laps before the finish line with an oil leak when he was in sixth position.

Despite a strong start in which he gained four positions on the first lap, Alex Wurz's race pace was hindered throughout by slower traffic which ultimately compromised his one stop strategy and left him in tenth place at the chequered flag. "I made up a few positions at the start by overtaking several cars at the first corner," said Wurz after the race. "Our planned strategy was also good, so I was looking good for a positive race. Unfortunately, I ended up stuck behind Liuzzi, who was much slower than me, and that cost me too much time to finish in the points. I could not pass Tonio because I could not attack as my car was quite difficult to drive today with a lot of fuel onboard."

Nico Rosberg said about his race: "I was having a really solid race and was happy because I thought sixth place was in the bag. We were on a good strategy and the car was going well. We've shown that we'vemade some progress on performance and we would definitely have been in the points today. I can't be so angry because I drove really well. It will go my way another day, I'm sure of that. Sometimes things go wrong, that's just the way it is and I have to accept it."

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