Williams returns to testing at the Hockenheimring
By Andrew Hooper
July 8 2008
| Hockenheim Test 08:07:2008 Day One |
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The AT&T Williams team would return to testing this time at the Hockenheimring circuit in the lead-up to the next round of the Formula One championship, the German Grand Prix. The test will run for three days and it would be Nico Rosberg who would carrying on the testing on the first day. The test would focus on preparation for the German Grand Prix; including set-up work, aero level testing, brake package evaluations & prime & option tyre compound testing. The day would be marred by intermittent and prolonged showers. At the end of the day Nico would finish with a time of 1m:16.099 to be third in the times. He would complete eighty seven laps. Nico will return for the second day of testing. Williams F1 Test Team Manager Dickie Stanford commented: "Today, Nico joined us for day one at Hockenheim during which we concentrated on set-up work in preparation for the race here next weekend. The rain interrupted our progress a few times today, but we still managed to record 87 laps in the dry. Tomorrow, we will finish our programme with Nico before Kazuki arrives for day three on Thursday.” |
Pos Driver Team Best Time Laps 1 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.483 75 2 K Raikkonen Ferrari 1:15.803 63 3 N Rosberg AT&T Williams 1:16.099 87 4 A Sutil Force India 1:16.516 97 5 S Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:16.533 113 6 K Kobayashi Toyota 1:16.570 65 7 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.593 59 8 N Piquet Renault F1 1:16.856 111 9 D Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:17.361 67 10 A Wurz Honda F1 1:17.825 89 * Please note that these times are recorded by the AT&T Williams team and there may therefore be some discrepancies with alternative recording methods. |
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