BARCELONA TEST 21ST FEBRUARY 2008
DAY 3 OF 3
Circuit: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. 4.655km
Test Objective: Development of the FW30
Weather: Clear all day. Air temperature: 14°C
Pos Driver Team Best Time Total Laps
1 K Nakajima AT&T Williams 1:22.153 32
2 H Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 1:22.185 64
3 P de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes 1:22.208 92
4 F Massa Ferrari 1:22.213 96
5 N Rosberg AT&T Williams 1:22.248 109
6 M Webber Red Bull Racing 1:22.477 82
7 D Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:22.499 104
8 L Badoer Ferrari 1:22.535 102
9 F Alonso Renault F1 1:22.657 61
10 T Glock Toyota 1:22.901 110
11 N Piquet Renault F1 1:23.286 105
12 K Kobayashi Toyota 1:24.132 56
13 N Hulkenberg AT&T Williams 1:24.222 54
* Please note that these times are recorded by the AT&T
Williams team and there may therefore be
some discrepancies with alternative recording methods.
TEAM QUOTES
Sam Michael, Technical Director: This week
we continued our winter test programme at the Barcelona circuit.
Although the first two days were wet, the final day was predominantly
dry and that allowed us to work on chassis set-up. All three
drivers were on hand and the mileage they covered was important
for us to get race signoff before the Australian Grand Prix.
Nico Rosberg: We’ve had plenty of
running in the wet this week and we looked pretty good, which
was positive. It wasn’t that easy to drive in the conditions,
it’s hard to keep the tyres in the working window, especially
without traction control, so you’re always quite on
the limit. The last day was dry and so we managed to cover
a lot of laps with no problems at all. Over the three days,
we got some important reliability issues sorted out. We seem
to be progressing well with the new car and I am happy with
the improvements we’re making.
Kazuki Nakajima: Initially it was a bit
of a difficult test because of the weather but it was good
for me to get some experience in wet conditions. The car is
feeling good, but we couldn’t do as much work with it
as we wanted to because of the bad weather. It was still a
good week for us though overall.
TEAM SUMMARY
Driver Total Days Total KMS Best Time Best Position
N Rosberg 3 1,299 1:22.348 1st
K Nakajima 3 749 1:22.153 1st
N Hulkenberg 2 498 1:24.222 10th
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