AT&T Williams Young Driver Test - Day Three

AT&T Williams Young Driver Test - Day Three Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Thursday 17 November 2011 Driver: Mirko Bortolotti Chassis / engine: FW33-03 / CA543 Location: Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi Objectives: Aero testing and familiarisation runs Weather: Clear and sunny Ambient & track temps: 26°C - 33°C / 31°C - 48°C Tom McCullough, Race Engineer: It has been an excellent final day with Mirko Bortolotti. He did a really good job, improving on each run and iterating down to some good lap times. Overall, he gave excellent feedback, was consistent and is clearly physically fit. We have now completed our three day test and have lots of useful information to take away. The factory have done a great job this week in getting lots of test items out here in order to help our understanding of the FW34 and we can now return to the factory and analyse the data in order to develop the FW34.

Mirko Bortolotti: Everything was new for me today; the car and the track, so there was a lot to learn. The team had several objectives this morning so I wasn’t just focusing on lap time but on getting that work done for Williams’ 2012 preparations. We completed that and then moved on to finding performance this afternoon. It has been a really interesting day for me. I have really enjoyed being here with AT&T Williams and I am very happy with the job that we did. AT&T Williams will be back in action next week for the Brazilian Grand Prix, 25 - 27 November. Pos Driver Car Time Laps 1. Jean-Eric Vergne Red Bull 1:38.917 46 2. Sam Bird MERCEDES GP PETRONAS 1:40.897 104 3. Jules Bianchi Ferrari 1:41.347 106 4. Oliver Turvey McLaren 1:41.513 89 5. Max Chilton Force India 1:41.575 79 6. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:42.049 77 7. Mirko Bortolotti Williams 1:43.277 74 8. Kevin Ceccon Toro Rosso 1:43.686 35 9. Alexander Rossi Team Lotus 1:44.283 74 10. Jan Charouz Lotus Renault 1:44.470 82 11. Stefano Coletti Toro Rosso 1:44.545 48 12. Nathanael Berthon HRT 1:45.839 51 13. Robert Wickens Marussia Virgin 1:45.934 34 14. Charles Pic Marussia Virgin 1:46.348 49