Williams Algarve Test 20th Jan 2009
By Andrew Hooper
January 22 2009
| Algarve Test 20:01:2009 Day Two |
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Following the FW331's debut on Monday, Nico Rosberg would take over from test driver Nico Hulkenberg for the second day of testing as the team continued their initial evaluation work focusing on initial systems, performance and reliability checks with the FW31.
Williams F1 Technical Director Sam Michael commented: “We had another wet day in Portugal today. When we could get out on track, we continued working on systems checks and completed some medium runs. We experienced a couple of reliability issues with the 31 which forced us into the garage for a while, but they were nothing major. The team is looking forward to some dry weather tomorrow.” |
Pos Driver Team Best Time Laps 1 S Buemi Toro Rosso 1:34.429 34 / 48 2 P de la Rosa McLaren Mercedes 1:37.512 32 / 62 3 J Trulli Toyota 1:42.399 26 / 30 4 N Piquet Renault 1:45.860 4 / 9 5 N Rosberg AT&T Williams 1:51.580 16 / 31 * 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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poor weather, at one time there was even a hailstorm, would again hamper the
teams test allowing Nico to complete only thirty one laps. Nico would finish
the day with the fifth fastest time, 1m:51.580. the team would have a few
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