Sam Michael, Technical Director
From Montreal we're moving back to Europe and to the fourth street circuit of the year. Valencia hasbeen a welcome addition to the calendar since it joined the schedule in 2008. The 5.4km lap is madeup of 25 corners, which should conspire to make a tight and twisty track, but instead the driversactually get into quite a good rhythm around Valencia. Speeds tend to average out around the lap ataround 200kph.
As a street circuit the teams do face certain challenges over the weekend. The track provides littlegrip at the outset, the multitude of corners place some considerable stress on the tyres and thecoastal location can whip up some sea breezes which can affect the balance of the car. As overtakingopportunities are also limited around Valencia, a good grid position is important. We've secured pointsat each of the two races in Valencia, and that is our aim again this time round. We will have furtherupgrades on the FW32, including the development blown rear wing.Rubens Barrichello
I have great memories of Valencia. I won the race there last year, it was my tenth win so it was greatfun. It was also significant because it really pulled me back into contention for the championship.Cosworth is doing well to improve its consistency and the team are bringing some more upgrades toSpain so I'm looking forward to seeing where their combined efforts put us. The challenge in Valenciais to get into Q3 and score some points.
Nico HülkenbergValencia is a great track, I really like it. I know it well from racing there in GP2 last year and I'm verymuch looking forward to driving it in the FW32 because it’s a circuit I feel quite comfortable on. LikeMonaco and Montreal, there are walls everywhere but the track’s a bit wider and I like the challenge.We'll have more new parts for this race but we’ll have to wait and see what improvements they bringto the car. We are inching a bit closer to the top ten, as we showed in qualifying in Montreal, but wehave to continue pushing and gain more tenths to get into the top ten consistently.
