(© Ben Johnston 2015)
The Williams Martini Racing Team focused on race
simulations with Valtteri Bottas in the FW37 on the final day of testing in
Barcelona.
The Finn completed 129 laps of the Barcelona Circuit de
Catalunya however the afternoon session was interrupted by not one but three
red flags one of which happened just after Bottas had completed a live pit stop
which forced his mechanics to run down the pit-lane retrieve the car.
Bottas was also forced to stop out on track which resulted
in missed out track time as the FW37 was returned to the Williams garage on the
back of a flat-bed truck.
Despite the disruptions Bottas was satisfied by the day of
running, the Finn stated:
‘We completed quite a few laps today which was positive even though our
programme was disrupted a few times. The FW37 remains reliable but we have
quite a way to go before we are at the level we want to be, although we are on
schedule. Both tests have been relatively issue free and so we have begun
preparations for Australia and look forward to the final test next week.’
Williams Martini Racing’s Chief Test and Support Engineer
Rod Nelson stated:
‘We had a very busy plan today. The morning was tough due to the wind
conditions which affected our chassis testing. In the afternoon we had a
race-sim planned, but this was interrupted by three red flags, then once again
in the final run of the day there was another red flag. All of these stoppages
stilted our progression slightly and meant we couldn’t quite complete our plan.
Throughout the whole test though we have gathered a lot of data and are
prepared for the final test next week.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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