BARCELONA TEST 27TH FEBRUARY 2008
DAY 3 OF 3
Circuit: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. 4.655km
Test Objective: Development of the FW30
Weather: Sunny in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon.
Air temperature: 17°C
Pos Driver Team Best Time Best / Total Laps
1 J Trulli Toyota 1:20.801 26 / 83
2 D Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:21.258 24 / 76
3 N Rosberg AT&T Williams 1:21.293 21 / 77
4 H Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 1:21.309 86 / 87
5 M Webber Red Bull Racing 1:21.368 32 / 81
6 N Piquet Renault F1 1:21.443 31 / 114
7 F Alonso Renault F1 1:21.454 47 / 128
8 K Nakajima AT&T Williams 1:21.796 13 / 124
9 K Raikkonen Ferrari 1:21.933 36 / 80
10 L Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 1:22.011 18 / 103
11 T Glock Toyota 1:22.155 40 / 66
12 G Fisichella Force India 1:22.233 30 / 102
13 F Massa Ferrari 1:22.286 8 / 49
14 R Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.299 26 / 93
15 S Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:22.457 81 / 98
16 A Sutil Force India 1:22.521 20 / 107
17 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:22.624 47 / 61
18 J Button Honda 1:23.754 79 / 89
19 A Wurz Honda 1:24.154 15 / 109
* 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:
Today marked the end of a long, but productive winter test
period and Nico and Kazuki have worked hard all week on the
finishing touches. All of the systems on the FW30 have been
checked thoroughly and we’ve signed off the performance
parts ready for the first race. The car has completed numerous
race simulations on the track, but we won’t know its
true competitiveness until the first few races. Thank you
to all of the people who have put in a great deal of effort
to get the FW30 to the level it is at now. We can't wait to
get to Melbourne to see how the field forms up and to get
racing again!
Nico Rosberg:
We’ve had a very successful test and run through lots
of items. We also ran the new aero package for Melbourne which
really was positive. Reliability-wise, we’re looking
pretty good, I think, we’ve definitely moved forward.
The aero department has made some good progress over the winter
and they’ve done a nice job. I want to thank the test
team for working so hard, as they always do over the winter.
Toyota has also done a good job for us, providing a nicely
controlled engine which is an asset with the ban of traction
control. I’m now looking forward to getting to Australia.
It should be a lot of fun, but it’s going to be close
in the middle of the field so we’ll have to see how
we do.
Kazuki Nakajima:
We’ve now finished all of our testing before the season
starts and it’s gone really quickly for me! The test
this week in Barcelona has been really positive. The weather
wasn’t ideal on day one, but we managed to finish what
we wanted to do. Personally, it was good practice for me to
do the two race distances we covered as well. I feel ready
for the season and I’m looking forward to actually racing
now. Thank you to all the guys who’ve worked so hard
over the winter to get us to where we are today, we’re
certainly heading in the right direction.
TEAM SUMMARY
Driver Total Days Total KMS Best Time Best Position
N Rosberg 3 1,210.30 1:21.293 3rd
K Nakajima 3 1,294.09 1:21.796 4th
N Hulkenberg 0 - - -
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