Barcelona Test 10 Mar - Williams shows some pace


Nakajima second fastest

By Andrew Hooper/Willams F1
March 11 2009

THe AT&T Williams team would show some pace from their FW31 with Kazuki Nakajima finishing second fastest on day two of the teams Barcelona Test. The team would continue their preparations for the Australian Grand Prix, including testing aerodynamic components. Kazuki would cause a red flag when he stopped out on the circuit. Nico Rosberg will take over driving duties on day three.

 
 Barcelona Test 10:03:2009 Day Two
 

The AT&T Williams team would return to the Circuit de Catalunya for the second day of their four day test. For the second day it would be Kazuki Nakajima who was given the task of working through the teams test schedule, including testing of the Melbourne aero upgrade package, set-up work and reliability checks.

NakajimaThe day would see a damp track in the morning but by mid morning it would be a dry track for the rest of the day. On his last day in Barcelona,

Kazuki completed sixty six laps and he would show some pace from the FW31 by setting the second fastest time of the day with a 1m:20.907. The only moment during the day was when Kazuki would cause a red flag mid afternoon when he would stop between turn 10 and 11 with an unknown problem. Nico Rosberg will take over the testing duties tomorrow.

Williams F1 Test Team Manager Dickie Stanford commented: “Kazuki carried on further development of the FW31 today. We had some changes to make to the car over the course of the day so a bit of track time was lost in the garage making those revisions, we therefore didn’t get in as many laps as we’d have liked. Nico will take over work tomorrow.”
  
Pos Driver 	    Team 	        		Best Time Laps
1     K Raikkonen 	    Ferrari 			1:20.314    35 / 55
2     K Nakajima 	    AT&T Williams 		1:20.907    52 / 66
3     R Barrichello 	    Brawn GP 		1:20.966    48 / 111
4     J Trulli 	    Toyota 			1:21.182    75 / 121
5     M Webber 	    Red Bull Racing 		1:21.347    62 / 66
6     N Heidfeld 	    BMW Sauber 		1:21.615    118 / 127
7     A Sutil 	    Force India 		1:21.834    76 / 82
8     F Alonso 	    Renault 		1:21.937    53 / 111
9     H Kovalainen 	    McLaren Mercedes 	1:21.991    74 / 88
10   S Bourdais 	    Toro Rosso 		1:23.039    12 / 14
* 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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