Ahead of next weekend's race in Malaysia, Antonio, at the
wheel of the WilliamsF1 BMW FW27, concentrated on the car's cooling system, though he also worked on set-ups and tyre evaluations.
The Brazilian completed 69 laps, posting a best time of 1:19.502.
Sam Michael (Technical Director, WilliamsF1) "We kicked off our in-season testing programme in Jerez
this week with Antonio driving an FW27. He worked through a programme of cooling configurations for Malaysia, tyre testing for
Bahrain, brake cooling improvements and various other electronic and systems tests. Despite a wet track on the final morning of the
test, we still managed to achieve the mileage and component testing we had originally planned."
Mario Theissen
(BMW Motorsport Director) "The team has had a good two day test in Jerez, concentrating on fine tuning the entire car. With
regards the engine, we focussed on the set-up of the traction control system as well as practising starts and carrying out heat soak
tests. In addition, we used this test to further verify the reliability of the engine."
