WilliamsF1 starts Silverstone test

By Andrew Hooper
September 15 2005

 
Silverstone Test 14:09:2005 Day One
 

For the BMW WilliamsF1 team the opening day of testing at Silverstone would be both team test drivers, Antonio Pizzonia and Nico Rosberg, present. This would be the teams penultimate test of the season, as they prepare for the next round of the championship in Brazil.

PizzoniaOn a sunny day both drivers would work on set-ups, in addition to carrying out practice starts and pit stops. Antonio would complete thirty four laps, with a best lap time of 1m:18.693. For his team-mate he would complete sixty one laps with a best time of 1m:18.614. Antonio was to suffer a rear suspension failure at Bridge corner, but did not hit anything and his car ended up in the gravel.

WilliamsF1 Test Team Manager Tim Newton commented on the days testing. He said: "We had a productive day of testing today with Antonio and Nico. Both drivers completed tyre evaluations and suspension work. Antonio had a brief off this morning due to a fault on the car but the problem was quickly identified and rectified allowing Antonio to continue running this afternoon."

Both Antonio and Nico will be present for the last day of the testing.
  
Driver		Team		 Best	  Laps	   Tyres	
F Alonso	RenaultF1 Team	 1:17.015 57 / 111 M
V Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	 1:17.665 72 / 83  M
A Wurz		McLaren Mercedes 1:17.673 52 / 113 M
G Fisichella	RenaultF1 Team	 1:18.018 70 / 79  M
R Schumacher	Toyota Racing	 1:18.517 42 / 71  M
N Rosberg	BMW WilliamsF1	 1:18.614 59 / 61  M
A Pizzonia	BMW WilliamsF1	 1:18.693 32 / 34  M
C Klien		Red Bull Racing	 1:18.727 90 / 96  M
O Panis		Toyota Racing	 1:19.051 26 / 61  M
P de la Rosa	McLaren Mercedes 1:22.962 11 / 40  M
S Yamamoto	Jordan Toyota	 1:23.502 66 / 72  B
 
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