WilliamsF1 finishes at Jerez

By Andrew Hooper
December 5 2003

 

 

  
Jerez Test 04:12:2003 Final Day
 
The BMW WilliamsF1 team completed their final day of testing at the Jerez circuit. The team tested with four drivers today, Ralf Schumacher and Marc Gene were joined by Nelson Piquet Jnr. and Nico Rosberg, as the team continued to evaluate the young drivers.

Nelson Piquet JnrThe weather would hinder the team as there were showers during the day with only a small window in which the team was able to get any dry weather running. But at least the team was able to test Michelin's wet weather tyres. Both Ralf and Marc worked through various tyre designs and compounds.

Given the conditions the lap times been set were off those that the team had previously achieved, with Ralf fastest on the first two days of testing. Ralf would finish the day with a best lap time of 1m:26.976 after completing sixty nine laps. Gene would be ahead of Ralf with a best lap time of 1m:26.957, covering seventy six laps.

Nico RosbergNico Rosberg and Nelson Piquet Jnr. would share the third WilliamsF1 BMW FW25. On the day Piquet would come out on top of Nico, competing forty six laps with a best time of 1m:28.640. Rosberg would run in the afternoon, where the conditions were wetter than in the morning. Nico would complete thirty laps with a best lap time of 1m:30.262.

The WilliamsF1 team said that both drivers had performed well. Chief Operations engineer Sam Michael said: "Nelson and Nico did a good job and worked well with the team, as well as showing themselves to be technically competent."
 

Pos Driver Team-Engine Tyres Time Laps

1. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:25.432 124
2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:26.043 53
3. Heidfeld Jordan-Ford (B) 1:26.541 50
4. Gene WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:26.597 76
5. Burti Ferrari (B) 1:26.630 9
6. Button BAR-Honda (M) 1:26.709 26
7. R. Schumacher WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:26.956 69
8. Sato BAR-Honda (M) 1:27.437 49
9. Piquet WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:28.640 46
10. Janis Jordan-Ford (B) 1:29.001 46
11. Rosberg WilliamsF1 BMW (M) 1:30.262 30
 
 
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