Both drivers still wanted more from their afternoon, however - Coulthard for obvious reasons, and Webber simply to increase the performance of his RB3 with 'more downforce, more reliability, more speed' and both were in action during the three-day test at
Silverstone last week. Although there were weather and mechanical problems to contend with, RBR packed up for Magny-Cours optimistic that it would add to its tally after assessing a new aero package and some suspension geometry changes.
"It was a busy few days, but we got through the majority of our programme," comments chief test engineer Ian Morgan, "We have found solutions for most of the problems we encountered and have been able to sign-off aero and suspension parts for the next two grands prix."
Williams – Nico Rosberg (#16), Alex Wurz (#17):
Williams has had cause for many a celebration at Nevers Magny-Cours, with five victories, half of all available poles and five fastest laps coming its way in 16 years - although that leaves it second to
Ferrari as the most successful
F1 team at the circuit. The steady improvement in performance demonstrated over the season may not be enough to add to that tally, but the team is hoping that a revised aero package will bring a points reward on Sunday.
After two competitive races in North America, we are looking forward to the French Grand Prix," technical director Sam Michael confirms, "We’ll be bringing some aerodynamic and mechanical upgrades to the race, which are part of our ongoing development programme already yielding good performance results on the FW29. We have also been doing some more work on our reliability at last week’s Silverstone test. Reliability is much stronger now than in previous years, but clearly we still have a couple of small weaknesses, highlighted by some separate oil leaks that we experienced in practice and during the race in Indy. We now have solid solutions in place for these faults."
