"We go to Canada with the target of strengthening our current championship position," technical director Sam Michael confirms, "We haven’t had the chance to carry out any on track testing since Monaco due to the test ban, but we’ve been busy on the simulators and preparing the parts for the North American double-header.
"Montréal normally has quite low grip levels at the start of the weekend because the circuit is not used much throughout the year and a lot of the spray from the adjacent river is continuously blown onto the track by high winds. These winds can be incredibly unpredictable and play havoc with our finely-tuned gear ratios! The circuit has a great layout, though, with long straights and a lot of slow corners and chicanes, which present a couple of good overtaking spots every lap. As a result, the racing at Montréal is always exciting to watch."
Despite having only been to the Montreal circuit once - and had his race end on lap two after a coming together with the wall - Rosberg is looking forward to going back.
"I was really quick in Montréal last year, so I’m definitely looking forward to racing there again," the German says, "We’ll have a revised aero package on the cars for the weekend and I’m looking forward to seeing how it works with our tyres.
Williams are in fifth place in the constructors’ championship at the moment, which is a nice position to be in. As a team, we’ve scored a few points this year already and we must keep that momentum going. It’ll certainly be my aim this weekend."
Wurz, meanwhile, returns to race action in Canada after a few years away, and is equally keen to get back on a layout he enjoys, despite ending one of his first races there upside down in the gavel at turn one.
"Canada is another city grand prix, and I enjoy these kinds of races a lot because the atmosphere is just more intense than at some 'standard' race tracks," the extreme sports fans explains, "Canada requires much less downforce than we had in Monaco, so it remains to be seen which team will have the best downforce package for the race weekend.
