Kazuki Nakajima ended Williams Toyota's pre-season test programme on a high note as he set the pace today at Jerez from Heikki Kovalainen. Nico Hulkenberg and then Nico Rosberg kicked off the test with his team-mate taking over for the final two days of running, the trio completing just over 2,000km of running.Nakajima completed 102 laps today of the Spanish test circuit, as the team made final preparations of the FW31 ahead of the 2009 season including set-up tuning, aero work, reliability checks and tyre testing. The Japanese racer recorded a best time of 1:17.494s coming on his 31st tour, the fastest of the week.
Kazuki Nakajima
“Firstly, I think we’ve had a successful run of winter testing. We’ve managed to put a lot of mileage on the car, mainly because we haven’t experienced any reliability issues. The team have done a lot of work on the car throughout this process and it’s looking quite good, but we will have to wait to see where everyone really is. I’m really excited about going to Australia and can’t wait to get there now. Many thanks to everyone at the factory for all their hard work, and especially thanks to the guys on the test team.”
Nico Rosberg
“Now that we’ve reached the end of testing, I think that we are probably in a strong mid-field position, but we will have to wait until Melbourne to be certain. There’s great potential for development over the year with the new rules. If we take the right direction with that development from the outset, it will help us make good steps forward, so we will be pushing hard to make that happen."
"I’d like to thank everyone at the factory for their hard work with the FW31 but particularly the test team for their motivation and drive throughout the winter despite any uncertainties there might be following the in-season test ban that has been put into place. On the back of a difficult season last year, it’s been great to see everyone’s determination and I am grateful for all their efforts.”
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