Friday 8 February, 2013
Driver: Valtteri Bottas
Chassis / engine: FW34-03 / RS27- 5253/3
Location: Jerez de la Frontera 4.428km
Objectives: Aero evaluations and tyre testing
Weather: Dry and sunny all day
Maximum air & track temps: 15ºC / 27ºC

Mike Coughlan, Technical Director: We have had a very good four days in Jerez running the FW34. We have gone through a complete programme testing various parts that will be used on the FW35. This compliments our current philosophy of using rigs to pass off systems before running them on the car. The drivers have enjoyed themselves running through tyre comparisons and set-up changes that you would be reluctant to do at a race meeting due to time constraints. Although these results have been a little compromised by the very aggressive nature of the track surface here, we have acquired some useful data to carry forward. We now look forward to the next test in Barcelona and the launch of the FW35.

Valtteri Bottas: It’s been a good four days of testing for us and I’ve really enjoyed the last two days in particular when I’ve been driving the car. We have achieved everything we planned this week without any issues, and I’ve really liked how the new technical team have been working. We collected some valuable data regarding some parts for the new car and now I’m excited to go to Barcelona to drive the FW35 for the first time.

The Williams F1 Team will present its 2013 car, the Williams Renault FW35, on Tuesday 19 February at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona in Spain.

DRIVER      	TEAM 	         TIME      BEST / TOTAL 
						  LAPS
1 K Raikkonen 	Lotus F1 Team 	 1:18.148  53 / 83
2 J Bianchi 	Force India 	 1:18.175  42 / 56
3 S Vettel 	Red Bull Racing  1:18.565  40 / 96
4 E Gutierrez 	Sauber F1 Team 	 1:18.669  46 / 142
5 J E Vergne 	Toro Rosso 	 1:18.760  79 / 92
6 L Hamilton 	Mercedes 	 1:18.905  53 / 145
7 S Perez 	McLaren Mercedes 1:18.944  35 / 98
8 V Bottas 	Williams F1 Team 1:19.851  55 /92
9 P de la Rosa 	Ferrari 	 1:20.316  28 / 51
10 C Pic 	Caterham F1 Team 1:21.105  95 / 109
11 L Razia 	Marussia 	 1:21.226  77 / 82
12 P Di Resta 	Force India 	 1:23.435  3 / 49