Barcelona Test 09 Mar - Williams back testing


Kazuki Nakajima
By Andrew Hooper/Willams F1
March 10 2009

The AT&T Williams team would quickly return to testing after their five day test at Jerez. The team were again testing this time at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. Kazuki Nakajima was again present as the team continued their preparations for the first round of the championship in Australia. The team would complete a race simulation during the day as the team continued their set-up work.

 
 Barcelona Test 09:03:2009 Day One
 

The AT&T Williams team would quickly return to testing after their five day test at Jerez. The team were again testing this time at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona. Kazuki Nakajima was again present as the team continued their preparations for the first round of the championship in Australia.

NakajimaAfter early showers the track started off partly wet but with no further rain the track would dry out allowing the team to conduct dry weather running. Kazuki would set a best time of 1m:22.813, completing 111 laps, a total of 516kms.

The team would complete a race simulation in the afternoon including pit stops. It was felt that the Williams team was running with a heavy fuel load during the day after comments from Dickie Stanford. The team were running with a front nose that had a what looked like an aerodynamic shaping underneath.

Williams F1 Test Team Manager Dickie Stanford commented: “Kazuki Nakajima started this week’s four day Barcelona test with a set-up programme followed by a race simulation, which we successfully completed this afternoon. The team are now getting the car ready for tomorrow’s run for which Kazuki will carry on with our set-up work preparing for Australia.”
  
Pos Driver 	    Team 	        		Best Time Laps
1     N Heidfeld 	    BMW Sauber 		1:20.338    79 / 86
2     K Raikkonen 	    Ferrari 			1:20.908    74 / 81
3     J Trulli 	    Toyota 			1:20.937    91 / 121
4     J Button 	    Brawn GP 		1:21.140    29 / 82
5     N Piquet 	    Renault 		1:21.662    121 / 126
6     S Bourdais 	    Toro Rosso 		1:22.158    80 / 86
7     M Webber 	    Red Bull Racing 		1:22.246    112 / 117
8     A Sutil 	    Force India 		1:22.452    42 / 129
9     K Nakajima 	    AT&T Williams 		1:22.813    29 / 111
10   H Kovalainen 	    McLaren Mercedes 	1:22.948    85 / 90

* Please note that these times are recorded by the AT&T Williams team and
there may therefore be some discrepancies with alternative recording methods.
 

Barcelona Test 09 Mar - Williams back testing
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Date: 10/03/2009 08:06

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