BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE
The AT&T Williams team have today secured fourth place
in the 2007 FIA World Constructors’ Championship. In
a thrilling Brazilian Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg delivered another
flawless performance, driving his FW29 home to fourth place,
having started in tenth, the best finish of his Formula One
career to date. Kazuki Nakajima had an impressive debut outing,
finishing in tenth place from P19 on the grid. Unfortunately,
some of the team’s mechanics were injured during Kazuki’s
first stop and are currently receiving medical treatment.
Congratulations to Kimi Raikkonen who claimed the Drivers’
title.
Nico Rosberg:
I am very happy! This is a super result for the team, and
for me, because fourth is my best result in F1 so far. Thanks
to my engineers who improved the car a lot throughout the
weekend, their efforts definitely helped me out in qualifying
and then in the race. My strategy was very much on the limit;
a heavy fuel load on the second stint was really tough on
the tyres and I was struggling a bit, but I could make up
the pace with my last set which were good. The pressure was
on today because everything was on the line, the Constructors’
position for the team and my position in the Drivers’
so I am very pleased with the outcome. The best thing is that
this race was my personal best result which means I can go
into the winter happy - that’s going to be fun!
Kazuki Nakajima:
First of all I would say I’m really sorry that some
of my mechanics were injured during my pitstop and that I
hope they’re ok. It was a good first race for me but
it was slightly overshadowed. My start itself was as good
as the others around me, but I lost some positions because
of the collision in front of me going into the first corner.
I was then held up by Sato for quite some time before I could
overtake him. Car balance was almost perfect, especially in
the third stint on the option tyres. I really enjoyed the
race and I did well physically. I would like to thank the
team for giving me this great opportunity.
Patrick Head, Director of Engineering:
Congratulations to Kimi Raikkonen who drove a great race to
secure the Drivers’ Championship. For us, it was a strong
end to the year. Nico had a fantastic race and Kazuki drove
well on his debut. His lap times were impressive and he’s
set a marker for a future in Formula One. Some of our mechanics
were injured today, they’re having some checks done
now and we send our best wishes to them. On behalf of myself
and Frank, I’d like to thank the team who have done
a great job this year to put us in fourth place in the Constructors’
Championship.
Sam Michael, Technical Director:
Obviously our first concern is with our mechanics who were
injured during Kazuki’s pitstop, they are undergoing
medical checks at the moment. Today’s race brought a
very good end to the season and we’ve claimed fourth
place in the Constructors’ Championship. The team have
done a fantastic job. Nico drove a first class race to get
fourth place, and to take us to fourth place in the Championship.
Kazuki also drove well today. His lap times were strong and
he overtook a number of cars. I would like to say thank you
to everyone at Grove and at Cologne for all the hard work
they’ve put in, their efforts have delivered a big step
in performance and reliability since last year. Our focus
now is to improve again for next year.
INTERLAGOS, BRAZIL
71 LAPS / 305.909kms / 190.067 miles
CLEAR AND SUNNY
Air 36 - 380C, Track 55 - 650C
POS DRIVER TEAM Time / Gap (Fastest Lap) Grid
1 K Raikkonen Ferrari 1:28:15.270 (1:12.445 1st) 3
2 F Massa Ferrari +1.493 (1:12.584, 3rd) 1
3 F Alonso McLaren +57.019 (1:13.150, 6th) 4
4 N ROSBERG FW29-05 H210 AT&T WILLIAMS +62.848 (1:13.159,
7th) 10
10 K NAKAJIMA FW29-03 H211 AT&T WILLIAMS +1 Lap (1:13.116,
5th) 19
|
