Jerez Test: 03 Mar - Final day of test for Rosberg


Nico Rosberg

By Andrew Hooper/Willams F1
March 4 2009

The third day of the AT&T Williams Jerez test would be the final day behind the wheel for Nico Rosberg. Nico would continue the development work on the FW31. The day would see wet conditions in the morning but the weather would improve allowing the team some valuable dry running. He would complete a 125 laps during the course of the day. Kazuki Nakajima takes over the driving duties for day four.

 
 Jerez Test 03:03:2009 Day Three
 

For the AT&T Williams team the third day of the teams five day Jerez test would see a return to sunnier conditions after a day of wet weather. The showers stopped shortly before the start of testing and after around two hours the track would dry out allowing dry running for the rest of the day.

RosbergAgain it was Nico Rosberg behind the wheel as the team continued their preparations of the FW31. The team would continue to use the shark fins that were seen on the car on the first day.

Nico would finish the day with the slowest time, 1m:21.412, some 1.5 seconds off the pace. But Nico was again able to put in a large number of laps, 125, as the team worked though their test schedule.

Williams F1 Technical Director Sam Michael commented: “Nico had his last day in the car this week and concluded his run with set-up work for the majority of the day. He then carried out some aero and mechanical tests. It was quite wet on track this morning but it then dried out for the afternoon session which allowed us to get some good track time in. Kazuki will take over tomorrow.”
  
Pos Driver 	    Team 	        		Best Time Laps
1     T Glock 	    Toyota 			1m19.814  142
2     F Massa 	    Ferrari 			1m20.238  135
3     F Alonso 	    Renault 		1m20.296  152
4     H Kovalainen 	    McLaren Mercedes 	1m20.535  85
5     A Sutil 	    Force India F1 		1m20.621  63
6     M Webber 	    Red Bull Racing 		1m21.021  98
7     R Kubica 	    BMW Sauber 		1m21.069  98
8     N Rosberg 	   AT&T Williams 		1m21.412  125

* 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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Need to hear Nico,s opinion on how the car is progressing.

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