Sam Michael, Technical Director: Nico spent our first day of four in Barcelona working on set-up, long runs and systemschecks, like cooling. We also did some aero testing. Tomorrow, Nico will drive Chassis 02 and continue working throughour programme.
Nico Hülkenberg: We had a good day. I did quite a lot of laps on different set-ups so we can continue to learn how thecar will react. It’s my last day tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to getting lots of laps in to be in the best possible shape for Bahrain.
BARCELONA 25TH FEBRUARY 2010DAY 1 OF 4
Circuit: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 4.655km
Objective: Set-up work & systems checks with the FW32Weather: Dry but cloudy all day, with some windAverage ambient temperature: 12°C
Pos Driver Team Best Time Total Laps1 M Webber Red Bull Racing 1:21.487 1092 N Hulkenberg AT&T Williams 1:22.407 823 N Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:22.514 1074 P de la Rosa BMW Sauber 1:23.144 735 J Button McLaren 1:23.452 1016 V Liuzzi Force India 1:24.064 657 F Alonso Ferrari 1:24.170 748 V Petrov Renault 1:24.173 749 J Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:24.869 11110 L di Grassi Virgin 1:27.057 3111 F Fauzy Lotus 1:28.002 76