Williams commences Test with 6th and final livery


Nico Rosberg

By Andrew Hooper
February 25 2008

The AT&T Williams team would commence their final pre-pseason test at the Barcelona circuit running with the sixth and final test livery for the FW30. Both Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima would continue the teams development work of the FW30 in preparation for the opening race in Australia. Kazuki and Nico would finish the day with the fourth and sixth fastest times.

 
  Barcelona Test 25:02:2008 Day One
 

The opening day of the AT&T Williams teams final test prior to the opening race in Australia would see Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima take to the Circuit de Catalunya for a further three days of testing. Both drivers were continuing their development of the FW30.

NakajimaBoth drivers ran with the final of the teams six car liveries. This one was in preparation for the team to finally unveil the 2008 colour scheme. The livery was like that of a cut out pattern, with parts of the car to be cut away to reveal the 2008 colours.

The beginning of the day would see the track wet with the weather was cloudy but dry. This would see the drivers start the day with intermediate tyres until the track dried out later in the day.

The team would put in a limited amount of laps in the morning due to the wet conditions, conditions that would also cause several red flags in the morning session.

As the conditions improved both Nico and Kazuki were able to complete scheduled test work. Kazuki would carry out set-up work, while Nico complete a race distance. Nico would finish the day with the sixth fastest time while Kazuki was fourth fastest time narrowly beaten by the two McLarens and one Ferrari.

Williams F1 Test Team Manager Dickie Stanford commented: “This morning’s rain hampered Kazuki’s running somewhat but drier conditions in the afternoon allowed him to do some set-up work. Meanwhile, Nico focussed on engine system checks and successfully completed a race run towards the end of the day.”.

 
Pos Driver 	    Team 	        Best Time Laps
1   L Hamilton 	    McLaren Mercedes 	1:22.276  69/78
2   K Raikkonen     Ferrari 		1:22.319  79/82
3   M Schumacher    Ferrari 		1:22.428  69/83
4   K Nakajima      AT&T Williams 	1:22.724  51/54
5   H Kovalainen    McLaren Mercedes 	1:22.852  60/71
6   N Rosberg       AT&T Williams 	1:22.974  84/108
7   F Alonso 	    Renault F1 		1:23.021  69/79
8   N Heidfeld      BMW Sauber 		1:23.075  70/75
9   A Sutil         Force India 	1:23.091  59/62
10  M Webber 	    Red Bull Racing 	1:23.115  59/71
11  S Vettel 	    Toro Rosso 		1:23.188  85/95
12  V Liuzzi 	    Force India 	1:23.239  41/43
13  T Glock 	    Toyota 		1:23.270  66/70
14  C Klien 	    BMW Sauber 		1:23.442  34/42
15  N Piquet 	    Renault F1 		1:23.609  40/86
16  K Kobayashi     Toyota 		1:23.880  23/29
17  R Barrichello   Honda 		1:24.460  112/115
18  A Wurz 	    Honda 		1:24.667  81/109
19  D Coulthard     Red Bull Racing 	1:24.826  24/25

* Please note that these times are recorded by the AT&T 
Williams team and there may therefore be some 
discrepancies with alternative recording methods.
 

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