Williams commence three day Monza Test


By Andrew Hooper
August 28 2008

 
  Monza Test 27:08:2008 Day One
 

The AT&T Williams team would commence a three day test at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit with the team focusing on their preparations for the Italian Grand Prix.

On a hot and sunny day Nico Rosberg would conduct the first days testing finishing the day with the third fastest time, 1m:23.461, behind Massa's Ferrari and Kovalainen's McLaren. He would complete sixty laps on an uneventful day.

Williams F1 Test Team Manager Dickie Stanford commented: “Nico Rosberg opened our three day test at Monza today. It’s been a productive day, with the team concentrating on set-up evaluations ahead of the race here in a couple of weekend’s time. We experienced no major problems and Nico will continue testing tomorrow.”
  
Pos Driver 	    Team 	        Best Time Laps
1   F Massa 	    Ferrari 		1:23.428 65 / 101
2   H Kovalainen    McLaren 		1:23.439 70 / 78
3   N Rosberg 	    AT&T Williams 	1:23.461 25 / 60
4   S Vettel 	    Toro Rosso 		1:23.691 96 / 99
5   R Barrichello   Honda 		1:23.827 79 / 85
6   M Webber 	    Red Bull Racing 	1:24.005 92 / 96
7   N Heidfeld 	    BMW Sauber 		1:24.075 27 / 77
8   V Liuzzi 	    Force India 	1:24.239 95 / 99
9   J Trulli 	    Toyota 		1:24.510 39 / 92
10  N Piquet 	    Renault 		1:24.540 104 / 117

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