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Williams completes preseason testing

Nico Rosberg
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.

NakajimaNico 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!"

RosbergNico 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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