Williams continues Valencia Test

By Andrew Hooper
January 23 2008

 
 Valencia Test 23:01:2008 Day Three
 

The AT&T Williams team would complete day three of their Valencia test with Nico Behind and Kazuki Nakajima continuing testing of the new FW30 and an interim FW29B. The tests of the FW30 focused on system checks while the FW29B was used for further reliability work.

FW30 & DriversAt the end of the day Kazuki Nakajima would finish with the fifth best time, 1m:12.255, completing ninety three laps. Nico was down in seventh in the FW30, with a best time of 1m:12.493, after completing a huge one hundred and seventeen laps.

In comments to autosport.com Nico  expressed his belief that the FW30 is a "nice step forward" but at this early stage in testing not getting carried away with the encouraging pace set by the car.

"The first feeling was positive for me when I drove the car," he told autosport.com. "It felt straight away like a nice step and that is always good to feel when you are straight out of the garage. It is a nice step forward.

"But I don't want to say, 'wow, it's unbelievable.' because there is no point to say that. It's early days and we have to wait."

Rosberg added: "The car is not always easy to drive," he said. "At the moment, it is not so easy and we have some issues that we need to solve that were there on the first day.

"But I'm happy. The long runs seemed good and at least it was promising."

 
Pos Driver 	    Team 	        Best Time Laps
1   H Kovalainen    McLaren Mercedes *  1:11.000  92
2   F Massa 	    Ferrari * 		1:11.662  81
3   K Raikkonen     Ferrari * 		1:11.850  108
4   L Hamilton      McLaren Mercedes *  1:12.076  115
5   K Nakajima 	    AT&T Williams 	1:12.255  93
6   F Alonso 	    Renault F1 * 	1:12.360  111
7   N Rosberg       AT&T Williams * 	1:12.493  117
8   M Webber 	    Red Bull Racing *   1:12.594  87
9   N Heidfeld      BMW Sauber * 	1:12.976  51
10  S Vettel        Toro Rosso 		1:13.015  63
11  T Glock 	    Toyota * 		1:13.129  95
12  R Kubica 	    BMW Sauber 		1:13.230  121
13  S Bourdais      Toro Rosso 		1:13.307  118
14  A Sutil 	    Force India 	1:13.409  98
15  J Trulli 	    Toyota * 		1:13.547  96
16  R Barrichello   Honda * 		1:14.588  36
17  T Kogure 	    Honda 		1:16.761  50


* 2008 Car 
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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