By Andrew Hooper February 27 2008 The AT&T Williams team would complete their preseason testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, with Nico Rosberg finishing the day in an encouraging third. Kazuki Nakajima would finish in eighth. The three days of testing have shown some positive performances from the 2008 FW30. The team now prepares for the long flight to Australia for the opening race of the 2008 season.
Barcelona Test
27:02:2008 Day Three
The AT&T
Williams team would complete their third and final day of testing at the
Circuit de Catalunya. This third day of testing would conclude the
teams on-track preparations for the
2008 season. On a day that saw ideal weather conditions Nico Rosberg and
Kazuki Nakajima would continue their worked
on the set-up of the FW30 in preparation for the
upcoming race in Australia.
Nico
would continue his good showing at this weeks testing finishing the day with
the third fastest time. Nico complete seventy seven laps while Kazuki would
cover a massive one hundred and twenty four on his way to the eighth fastest
time.
Over the three days
Nico and Kazuki have some some encouraging turns of speed with the FW30.
They would complete over 2,500kms between them. The team will
now return to Grove and make their preparations for the move to Melbourne.
TEAM QUOTES
Williams F1 Technical Director Sam Michael:
"Today marked the end of a long, but productive winter test period and Nico
and Kazuki have worked hard all week on the finishing touches. All of the
systems on the FW30 have been checked thoroughly and we’ve signed off the
performance parts ready for the first race. The car has completed numerous
race simulations on the track, but we won’t know its true competitiveness
until the first few races. Thank you to all of the people who have put in a
great deal of effort to get the FW30 to the level it is at now. We can't
wait to get to Melbourne to see how the field forms up and to get racing
again!"
Nico Rosberg:
"We’ve had a very successful test and run through lots of items. We also ran
the new aero package for Melbourne which really was positive.
Reliability-wise, we’re looking pretty good, I think, we’ve definitely moved
forward. The aero department has made some good progress over the winter and
they’ve done a nice job. I want to thank the test team for working so hard,
as they always do over the winter. Toyota has also done a good job for us,
providing a nicely controlled engine which is an asset with the ban of
traction control. I’m now looking forward to getting to Australia. It should
be a lot of fun, but it’s going to be close in the middle of the field so
we’ll have to see how we do."
Kazuki Nakajima:
"We’ve now finished all of our testing before the season starts and it’s gone
really quickly for me! The test this week in Barcelona has been really
positive. The weather wasn’t ideal on day one, but we managed to finish what
we wanted to do. Personally, it was good practice for me to do the two race
distances we covered as well. I feel ready for the season and I’m looking
forward to actually racing now. Thank you to all the guys who’ve worked so
hard over the winter to get us to where we are today, we’re certainly
heading in the right direction."
Pos Driver Team Best Time Laps
1 J Trulli Toyota 1:20.801 26/83
2 D Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:21.258 24/76
3 N Rosberg AT&T Williams 1:21.293 21/77
4 H Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 1:21.309 86/87
5 M Webber Red Bull Racing 1:21.368 32/81
6 N Piquet Renault F1 1:21.443 31/114
7 F Alonso Renault F1 1:21.454 47/128
8 K Nakajima AT&T Williams 1:21.796 13/124
9 K Raikkonen Ferrari 1:21.933 36/80
10 L Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 1:22.011 18/103
11 T Glock Toyota 1:22.155 40/66
12 G Fisichella Force India 1:22.233 30/102
13 F Massa Ferrari 1:22.286 8/49
14 R Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.299 26/93
15 S Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:22.457 81/98
16 A Sutil Force India 1:22.521 20/107
17 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:22.624 47/61
18 J Button Honda 1:23.754 79/89
19 A Wurz Honda 1:24.154 15/109
* Please note that these times are recorded by the AT&T
Williams team and there may therefore be some
discrepancies with alternative recording methods.
TEAM SUMMARY
Driver Total Total Best Best Days KMS Time Position
N Rosberg 3 1,210.30 1:21.293 3rd
K Nakajima 3 1,294.09 1:21.796 4th
N Hulkenberg 0 - - -
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