It puts them four points ahead of
Red Bull in the constructor standings, something the team will be keen to maintain in Turkey, a circuit Rosberg considers ‘easier than Hungary’.
“Istanbul is a great track so I’m looking forward to driving it again. I’m hoping we will have found some more performance over the three week gap which will allow us to stay close to the others and to keep our momentum going into the last races. It’s going to be very hot again so it’ll be a tough race but it will still be easier than Hungary.
“I have some good memories from last year’s race in Turkey, I was running in fifth at one point. To have a good race this year and score some more points for the team is what I’ll be aiming for.”
Although easily the more anonymous of Williams’ driver pairing, that third and fourth place result for Alex Wurz means retains ninth position in the standings – ahead of Rosberg.
Still, despite being the lead driver on paper, Wurz is now getting to the stage where he needs to start pulling out some inspiring drives in regular conditions if he is to retain his
Williams drive next year. On the plus side, the Austrian has finished all but two races this year and those two retirements were not self-inflicted or due to reliability errors. Williams however need someone to combine dependability and speed now though.
“I always look forward to the Turkish Grand Prix because it’s such a fantastic race track. It is very demanding physically, mainly because of turn eight; a super fast, high G corner which really strains the neck muscles as well as the tyres and the car. I had a great holiday over the three week summer break with my family.
“I managed to train every day, and I covered lots of kilometres on the bike and while running. I also made sure I did some extra work to strengthen my neck, back and shoulders in preparation for Turkey.”
Scuderia Toro Rosso – Vitantonio Liuzzi (#18), Sebastian Vettel (#19):
Basking in the news that they have secured the signature of
Sebastien Bourdais in 2008, Scuderia Toro Rosso head to Istanbul with one eye on the future and full of confidence – well, maybe everyone except Vitantonio Liuzzi.
