KAZUKI NAKAJIMA NOMINATED TO RACE IN BRAZIL
09 October 2007, Oxford. The AT&T Williams team today
confirmed that Kazuki Nakajima will race for the team in the
final Grand Prix of the 2007 season at Interlagos in Brazil
in a fortnight’s time.
The 22-year old Japanese driver, this year’s GP2 series
Rookie of the Year, is the team’s official test and
reserve driver. He has covered over 7,000km in the FW29 in
testing and has represented the team at five Grands Prix as
a Friday driver. The intention behind Kazuki’s nomination
is to build and develop his experience and is not an evaluation
exercise for a race seat in 2008. AT&T Williams Team Principal,
Frank Williams, said, “You cannot assess a driver’s
capability on the basis of one race but this is an ideal opportunity
to develop Kazuki’s experience. I am confident he will
approach the race in a very workmanlike and focused way.”
For his part, Kazuki Nakajima said, “I am very grateful
to the team who have given me this opportunity. I hope I now
know the car very well and thankfully have done some Friday
driving as recently as Shanghai. This is a chance I intend
to grab with both hands and repay the faith the team are showing
in me with a strong performance.”
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