Williams calls halt to day one at Barcelona

By Andrew Hooper
February 1 2008

 
 Barcelona Test 01:02:2008 Day One
 

For the AT&T Williams team day one of their test at the Circuit de Catalunya would be both Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima behind the wheel of a pair of FW30's. In line with their celebration of the history of the Williams team the car had a new layout of the logos on the bodywork.

NakajimaBut things would not get off the a good start when the team had to call an early halt to proceedings after Kazuki Nakajima was involved in a high-speed accident on the first day of the teams test, and the team wanted to find the cause of the accident.

Kazuki would leave the track at high speed at the first corner as a result of a front wing failure. He was not injured in the accident and was able to get out of the car, despite going straight off and into the barrier. The FW30 was badly damaged as a result of the accident.

As to the cause of the accident Kazuki said: "It was a technical problem."

Kazuki would finish the day with the thirteenth fastest time, 1m:23.955.

Nico would finish the day in ninth having only been able to complete twelve laps prior to the decision to call of the days testing. Both drivers are expected to be back out tomorrow.

A team spokesman said: "He's fine. It was related to a front wing mounting issue which will be fixed and the car will be running again tomorrow."

 
Pos Driver 	    Team 	        Best Time  Laps
 1. L Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes *  1:22.263   82
 2. F Alonso        Renault *           1:22.889   61
 3. R Kubica        BMW Sauber *        1:22.983   65
 4. G Fisichella    Force India         1:23.015   98
 5. N Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber *        1:23.270   52
 6. G Paffett       McLaren-Mercedes *  1:23.349   45
 7. N Piquet        Renault *           1:23.367   44
 8. S Vettel        Toro Rosso          1:23.387   89
 9. N Rosberg       AT&T Williams *     1:23.453   12
10. D Coulthard     Red Bull *          1:23.491   60
11. M Webber        Red Bull *          1:23.547   52
12. S Bourdais      Toro Rosso          1:23.836   54
13. K Nakajima      AT&T Williams *     1:23.955   35
14. R Barrichello   Honda *             1:24.125   53
15. A Wurz          Honda *             1:26.975   26

* 2008 Car
 

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