Nico Rosberg has admitted that even though he hasn't enjoyed the best of fortunes in the 2008
Formula 1 World Championship of late, he is feeling confident about his chances of achieving a good result in what looks set to be for the meantime at least the final French Grand Prix on the sport's calendar this weekend.
With the disappointment of the Canadian Grand Prix behind him, the German stated that Williams will need to continue to push hard and that, following a successful three-day test in Barcelona, things can only improve.
Rosberg will begin the Magny-Cours race, however, with a ten-place grid penalty to contend with, following his indiscretion in Montreal when he ran into the back of
Lewis Hamilton under a red light in the pit-lane.
I really like the Circuit de Nevers, the 22-year-old enthused of the circuit that has hosted the French Grand Prix since 1991. I've had some great races there in the past, and it's a return to Europe as well, which is good.
Magny-Cours hasn't been one of our strongest tracks in recent years, so we'll need to push hard. We had a three-day test in Barcelona last week, though, during which we did some set-up work for this race and tested some new parts, all of which will hopefully help us this weekend to achieve a good result.
However, with Rosberg's grid penalty in mind and Magny-Cours being a notoriously difficult track on which to overtake team-mate
Kazuki Nakajima may well hold
Williams' best hope of a points finish. Looking to reverse the squad's recent points' dearth in France with no better result than Juan-Pablo Montoya's lowly eighth place finish in 2004 in the last four years Nakajima said he was feeling optimistic.
I have some experience of Magny-Cours because I raced there last year in GP2, the Japanese rookie explained. It's a nice track to drive, so I feel quite confident going into the weekend. We showed good pace at the past two races in Monaco and Canada, and we need to carry that with us to France and make up for the recent drought in points.
