Williams test team manager, Dickie Stanford was also pleased: "Today was our last day of testing of the year," he added. "Between them,
Nico Rosberg,
Kazuki Nakajima and Nico Hulkenberg managed to complete all the development work on our agenda over the four days and covered 2,085kms. We also had a successful first outing on the slick tyres today. Everyone on the test team has done a great job this year and we thank them for all their hard work over the season."
Sandwiched between the two FW29's was multiple world champion
Michael Schumacher, who was four tenths off Rosberg in the
Ferrari F2007. Schumacher focused on the development of new electronic components, as well as carrying out tyre testing aimed at 2009.
After that
Toyota's
Timo Glock was sixth, with
Felipe Massa seventh, Bourdais eighth and
Jarno Trulli ninth in the other TF107.
Both Glock and Trulli ran with the slick tyres and Jarno also had stints with reduced downforce in preparation for the 2009 regulation changes. In addition, Timo continued work on aerodynamic and mechanical set-up while Jarno gathered more information on the standard ECU.
"We tried to achieve many things today so it was quite busy for me," said Trulli, who did 69 laps in total. "I used the new slick tyres and they gave a lot more grip and were pretty consistent. We also tried the tyres with 2009 levels of downforce which was quite different and a bit tricky.
"It was not easy to understand everything because we tried so many different things during the day. We collected a lot of data and now we must study that and figure out the solution.
"We tried to do as many laps as possible, which was our main target in order to put mileage on the new rear end and 2008 ECU."
