WilliamsF1 completes day one at Barcelona

By WilliamsF1 Team
December 1 2005

 
Barcelona Test 29:11:2005 Day One
 

Rosberg spins his car off the trackToday was the first test with our new technical partners, Cosworth and Bridgestone. Nico and Andy were on driving duties and the cars were on different programs to get through initial systems setup as efficiently as possible.

Nico was able to complete normal timed lap running early on and by the end of afternoon, we were able to perform a short tyre program for Bridgestone. Andy spent the whole day on systems checks, installation laps and calibration work and in order to complete some  precautionary checks, we stopped Andy's car early.

Sam Michael, Technical Director:

Rosberg"It's a credit to all the staff at Grove and Northampton that in such a short amount of time we were able to design, build and arrive at the start of this test with two complete interim cars. This involved extensive chassis modifications, new engine and new gearbox installation and the entire electrical system design. Tomorrow we will continue with systems work with Nico, while Mark will take over from Andy in the other car. We should also be able to start work on setup changes and further tyre testing for Bridgestone.
  
   Driver 	Team 		     Best Time Best/Laps
1  C Klien    	Red Bull Racing (M)* 1.17.571  32/46
2  A Wurz     	McLaren Mercedes (M) 1.17.783  55/70
3  R Zonta    	Toyota (B) 	     1.17.820  54/62
4  P De La Rosa McLaren Mercedes (M) 1.18.074  58/63
5  J Trulli 	Toyota (B) 	     1.18.625  34/80
6  V Liuzzi 	Toro Rosso (M)*	     1.19.764  61/69
7  N Rosberg 	WilliamsF1 (B) 	     1.20.450  59/66
8  R Doornbos 	Red Bull Racing (M)* 1.20.713  35/49
9  N Heidfeld 	BMW Sauber (M)	     1.21.030  21/28
10 A Priaulx 	WilliamsF1 (B) 	     1.25.055  4/18
 
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