Rosberg tests at Sepang

By Andrew Hooper - Williams
April 21 2007

Sepang Test 29:03:2007 Day Three
 

With the first two days of the Williams teams Sepang test sunny and hot the third would see the team greeted by a track that was soaked by an overnight shower. This would limit the teams track time in the morning but it would clear up for a short period in the afternoon only to be followed by further rain.

RosbergReplacing Alex Wurz for today's test was team-mate Nico Rosberg. Nico would focus on further tests of the FW29 including brakes and cooling. He would finish sixth in the times at the end of the day. The test was only meant to be for three days but with the conditions on the final day limiting dry running the team decided to extend the test for another day.

AT&T Williams Race Team Manager Tim Newton commented: “It rained overnight so the track was fairly damp this morning, the cloud started to clear but it wasn’t enough to dry out the track before the session started. As such, Nico was able to trial the car in damp conditions, which helped give us some important data for the race.

While acclimatising to the extreme humidity on his first day of testing, Nico concentrated on brake, aero and cooling tests as well as carrying out systems checks. We were making good progress until the rain came pouring down at 3.30pm which forced us to end the session early. Due to the shortened running time, we will test for an additional day tomorrow.”
  
Pos Driver 	  Team 		   Best Time Laps
1   L Hamilton 	  McLaren	   1:35.918    57
2   M Webber 	  Red Bull Racing  1:36.138    62
3   R Schumacher  Toyota  	   1:36.700    69
4   V Liuzzi 	  Toro Rosso 	   1:36.712    56
5   F Massa 	  Ferrari 	   1:36.947    65
6   N Rosberg 	  AT&T Williams    1:37.070    71
7   J Button 	  Honda 	   1:37.472    93
8   A Davidson 	  Super Aguri 	   1:37.606    44
9   N Heidfeld 	  BMW Sauber 	   1:38.551    35
10  H Kovalainen  Renault F1 	   1:39.654    20
 

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