Wurz & Rosberg complete day three at Valencia


Alex Wurz
By Andrew Hooper
February 3 2006

WilliamsF1 drivers Alex Wurz & Nico Rosberg would complete day three of testing at the Valencia circuit. It would again not be a day without problems with both drivers cauing red flag periods during the day, as the team works on improving the reliability.

 
Valencia Test 02:02:2006 Day Three
 

The third day of testing at the Valencia circuit would see wet conditions in the morning but it would clear up later in the day to be dry. Conducting the days testing would be Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz.

RosbergFor the WilliamsF1 drivers they would finish the day in tenth and eleventh with Alex leading Nico. Alex was again using the interim FW27C, while Nico was behind the wheel of the FW28. Both drivers would cause a red flag period during the course of the day.

In one incident Nico was to leave the track in a massive cloud of smoke ending up in the gravel trap. It would appear that the failure was engine related. Rosberg will run half a day again tomorrow on Friday prior to the test team moving to Jerez. Joao Paulo de Oliveira will make his maiden appearance in an F1 car when he completes twenty laps in the FW27C.

WilliamsF1 Technical Director Sam Michael commented on the days testing:
"Today Nico and Alex continued our testing programme driving the FW28 and FW27C, respectively. Both worked through some tyre tests for Bridgestone while we worked on improving reliability. Tomorrow, Nico will run for half the day before the test team head off to Jerez. Joćo Paulo de Oliveira will also drive 20 laps in the FW27C."
  
Pos Driver 	  Team 		 Best Time Total Laps
1   F Alonso	  Renault (M)	  1:10.904   85 / 90
2   J Button	  Honda (M)	  1:10.907   33 / 85
3   F Massa	  Ferrari (B)	  1:11.284   22 / 49
4   A Davidson	  Honda (M)	  1:11.573   41 / 124
5   M Schumacher  Ferrari (B)	  1:11.649   15 / 42
6   C Klien	  Red Bull (M)    1:11.769   54 / 66
7   H Kovalainen  Renault (M)	  1:12.011   36 / 84
8   J Villeneuve  BMW Sauber (M)  1:12.179   52 / 102
9   R Schumacher  Toyota (B)	  1:12.192   22 / 82
10  A Wurz	  WilliamsF1 (B)  1:12.246   38 / 82
11  N Rosberg	  WilliamsF1 (B)  1:12.313   46 / 60
12  V Rossi	  Ferrari (B)	  1:12.360   44 / 52
13  P de la Rosa  McLaren (M)	  1:12.455   26 / 89
14  J P Montoya	  McLaren (M)	  1:12.488   41 / 58
15  J Trulli	  Toyota (B)	  1:12.525   41 / 66
16  R Kubica	  BMW Sauber (M)  1:12.812   18 / 42