Williams Valencia Test 03:02:2010 Day Three


Nico Hulkenberg

By Andrew Hooper
February 12 2010

The final day of testing for the AT&T Williams team at the Valencia circuit would see Nico Hulkenberg take over the driving duties from Rubens Barrichello. This would be his first outing in the new FW32. The team spent the day working on further systems checks as well as long runs with heavy fuel loads. Nico concluded the session with a best time of 1:13.669, having completed 126 laps.

 
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The final day of testing for the AT&T Williams team at the Valencia circuit would see Nico Hulkenberg take over the driving duties from Rubens Barrichello. This would be his first outing in the new FW32. The team spent the day working on further systems checks as well as long runs with heavy fuel loads. Nico concluded the session with a best time of 1:13.669, having completed 126 laps.

HulkenbergThe team will now return to Grove to prepare the car for the second of the winter tests which will take place in Jerez next week.

Sam Michael, Technical Director:
"Today, with Nico, we worked on putting as much mileage as we could on the FW32 and achieved over 500kms at the end of the day, bringing us to a test total of 1,213.5kms. We spent the three days working on set-up and long runs; the main systems on the car are proving reliable and are cooling sufficiently. There are the inevitable minor teething problems to resolve between now and Jerez, but it's been good to get out on track and start work with our new engine partner, Cosworth."

Nico Hulkenberg:
"We covered a lot of mileage today, which is good and allowed me to get used to the car, and my first impressions are all positive. We did a lot of long runs on heavy fuel loads which have given us a good baseline, but we need to keep on working."
  
Pos Driver        	Team          	Time		Laps
1   F Alonso 	  	Ferrari 	1:11.470 	127
2   P de la Rosa  	BMW Sauber 	1:12.094 	80
3   M Schumacher  	Mercedes GP 	1:12.438 	82
4   J Alguersuari 	Toro Rosso 	1:12.576 	97
5   J Button 	  	McLaren 	1:12.951 	82
6   V Petrov 	  	Renault 	1:13.582 	75
7   N Hulkenberg  	AT&T Williams 	1:13.669 	126
 

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