Sam Michael On Malaysia F1 Practise Sessions

Sam Michael, Technical Director

We spent today’s practice sessions working on starts and evaluating a revised diffuser and front brake duct. The
tyres appear to be quite stable again, something we’ve come to expect from Bridgestone. Tonight we’ll be
focussing on extracting more speed out of the FW32 for qualifying. We had a mechanical problem on Nico’s car
in the afternoon session, but the mechanics were able to fix it quickly.

AT&T Australia Post Race Press Release

Aided by the forecasted rain, Melbourne’s Albert Park delivered a thrilling afternoon of racing today.
Starting on the fourth row of the grid, Rubens Barrichello again scored points for the team in his second
race for AT&T Williams, finishing in eighth place. Nico Hulkenberg’s debut Australian Grand Prix ended
before it began as he fell victim to Kobayashi’s turn six incident on the first lap. The team now pack up and
travel straight to Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysian Grand Prix next Sunday.

Rubens Barrichello:
It was a good race, but we should have finished in seventh really. We took the chance to change tyres
when we did and go for it. I thought everyone else would also come in, which is why I went for that route.
More points for the team today is positive though. The car is good enough; we will just be picking up more
points before we get podiums.

Nico Hulkenberg:
Today was obviously pretty disappointing. I was already in the corner when I was suddenly hit from behind by
Kamui Kobayashi. It was quite a big impact. I’m not sure what caused it, but it’s frustrating because I was looking
forward to my first race here.

Sam Michael, Technical Director:
It was good to get some more points, but we need to bring more performance to the car and to the
engine. Doing both is the major part of our development programme over the next few races. Rubens
drove well through all the conditions he faced today. Unfortunately, Nico was knocked out of the race
by another car.

HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO DRIVE AN AT&T WILLIAMS FORMULA ONE - win the chance

Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Official Partner of the AT&T Williams team, is again giving away the chance to drive a recent AT&T Williams Formula One car in 2009.
Through the online Philips Driving Academy, one lucky winner will get to drive a Williams FW29 for five laps on a Grand Prix circuit following intensive training from the AT&T Williams team.
Following on from the success of last year’s competition, Philips is committed to getting people closer to Formula One and putting them in the driving seat – literally in this case. Competition details are as follows:
1. Entry:
• Enter the Philips Driving Academy at www.philips.com/attwilliams
• Register your details and set your own ‘hotlap’ on the specifically designed Philips test
track
• The closing date for the competition is 20th September 2009
2. The prize:
• The ten fastest entrants globally will win an expenses paid trip to the UK to compete in
an assessment day
• The third placed finalist will get to drive a sports car around the circuit with instruction
from Kazuki Nakajima
• The second placed finalist will practice the track in a sports car (as above) and then get
to drive an F2 car for five laps of the circuit
• The overall winner will practice the circuit in both the sports car and F2 car, receive a
one-to-one briefing from Kazuki Nakajima and then drive a Williams FW29 for five laps
of the track Patrick Overwijk, F1 Sponsorship Manager, Philips Consumer Lifestyle, said: “Last season
we found fourteen very talented drivers who demonstrated a perfect combination of skill,
track awareness, consistency and a willingness to learn. In 2009, we’re hoping that the
Philips Driving Academy will unearth a number of men and women who also have what it
takes to drive the AT&T Williams car. Good luck!”

AT&T Williams Quotes and News After Chinese Qualifying

In another fiercely fought qualifying battle, AT&T Williams team drivers Nico Rosberg and Kazuki
Nakajima both eased into Q2, Nico entering in P5 and Kazuki in P15. Kazuki, however, was unable to
progress past Q2 and was left in P15 at the flag. Glock’s five place penalty promotes Kazuki to
fourteenth on the grid for tomorrow’s race. Nico fared somewhat better making it into the final round of
qualifying, therefore maintaining his unblemished record this season, and ended the deciding session
with the seventh fastest time of the day.

Nico Rosberg:
This is where we are at the moment. We are the fourth best team out there so seventh place is more
or less where we expected to be. We struggled slightly in warming up the tyres, but otherwise I am
quite pleased. Strategy-wise, we are looking good and I’m not worried about our race pace. If you
look at Malaysia we were pretty strong in the race even though the tyres are a challenge, both hard
and soft. We’ll have to see how everyone around us looks in terms of fuel. It would be good if, after
Australia and Malaysia, things would go a bit more our way tomorrow. I must say that, for me, today’s
surprise was Alonso.

Kazuki Nakajima:
The car is as competitive as it was in Malaysia and we’re still making progress, so this result is a
shame. I really hope I can do better in the race, but we first need to look at our data and see what was
going on with the car and try to resolve it. We’ll do our best to get a good strategy in place as you
never know what can happen in a Grand Prix.

Sam Michael, Technical Director:
It’s disappointing that Kazuki wasn’t higher today. With Nico, we could have done better in managing
his run in Q3, but it didn’t work out as planned today. We should have a more competitive race pace,
so we’re looking forward to a good performance tomorrow.

AT&T Williams Withdrawel Statement Post Qualifying

29 March, 2009, Melbourne, Australia. The AT&T Williams team confirmed that following
today’s qualifying session, it submitted protests against two competitor teams under the
2009 Technical Regulations.
After further detailed consideration, Williams has withdrawn both protests in the interests of
the sport.
Williams recognises the possibility that in this area there could be more than one
interpretation of the rules and therefore does not feel it appropriate to continue with the
protests.

Williams Test Slicks In Barcelona

 Williams have been testing the slick tyres to be brought into use during the 2009 formula 1 racing season. The move comes at the same time as other teams as Michael Schumacher also returned to test the slicks on the F2008.

Nico Rosberg set the seventh fastest time today using the new slick tyres which shows promise for next season.  Williams were also testing the car in preparation for the next race in Barcelona.

 Dickie Stanford, Test Team Manager: “Nico Rosberg took over the FW30 today and concentrated on running the 2009
Bridgestone slick tyres gathering valuable data ahead of next year. The day ran
smoothly, with no major problems and we’ll continue with Nico tomorrow.”

Williams Launch New 2008 Livery And We Love It

The Williams formula 1 team have been testing in six different paint jobs since January and we have liked a lot of the designs. In fact we mentioned that we quite liked the darker livery a few weeks ago and wished that Williams would stick with a darker design for the actual race car.

Well it seems they have listened, here are some pictures of the hot new williams formula 1 car:

Williams Test In Commemorative Livery

Williams have been testing in special commemorative colours since January and today switched colours again to a cool looking black finish.

The latest livery is designed to celebrate Williams 30 year involvement in formula one. The new design is the fith colour/livery change of the planned six and I have to say this is one of my favourites. I think the black paint job is a refreshing change from their usual white and blue and I am hoping they choose to keep the design (although this is hughly unlikely).

Williams plan to make their final livery change for the final testing phase that starts next week. Watch this space.