SPANISH GRAND PRIX – RACE
Kazuki Nakajima secured two points for the AT&T Williams
team today at the Spanish Grand Prix, thereby confirming the
team’s fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship.
Kazuki was one of just 13 finishers this afternoon during
an eventful race which saw two safety car periods. Nico Rosberg
executed the best start of the day, jumping from 15th on the
grid to 11th position by the end of the first lap. Unfortunately,
however, he was unable to capitalise on his efforts when a
failure on his FW30 forced him into the team’s first
retirement of the season on lap 42 of the race.
Kazuki Nakajima:
It was a good race and it was important to me to
score points today. I made it off the line ok, but I was then
caught behind Button so I lost position, which was disappointing.
I’m happy with the end result though and this race is
another step forward for me. There is, of course, room for
improvement but five points in the first four races is a good
start in my first year.
Nico Rosberg:
In the end, this result is a combination of two
things. We brought a new aero package to this race and we
went the wrong way with it when it came to set-up in practice.
We were able to change this for the race and went much more
towards Kazuki’s setting, which worked a lot better
as I was able to push harder and I was much happier with that.
It was going really well in the race. I had a good start,
chose the right way to go off the line and went from 15th
to 11th in the first lap so I knew we had a good chance to
do well and overtake Jarno for sixth place. Even if I hadn’t
passed Jarno, I still would have finished seventh, which would
have been good also, so the end result is a shame.
Sam Michael, Technical Director:
It was good to score some points with Kazuki for the team’s
standing in the Constructors’ Championship, but it’s
also slightly disappointing as we should have scored more.
Nico was looking good for sixth place after he took advantage
of the second safety car period and pitted at the right time,
but he unfortunately suffered a failure. We haven’t
identified the problem as yet, it’s currently under
investigation.
Circuit de Catalunya, Spain
66 LAPS, 307.104kms / 190.825 miles
WEATHER: Hazy sun
Air 22 - 240C, Track 34 - 410C
POS DRIVER TEAM Time / Gap (Fastest Lap) Grid
1 K Raikkonen Ferrari 1:38:19.051(1:21.670, 1st) 1
2 F Massa Ferrari +3.228(1:21.801, 2nd) 3
3 L Hamilton McLaren Mercedes +4.187 (1:22.017, 3rd) 5
7 K NAKAJIMA FW30-04 H294 AT&T WILLIAMS +58.244 (1:23.549,
15th) 12
DNF N ROSBERG FW30-03 H293 AT&T WILLIAMS n/a (1:23.319,
13th) 15
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