Found this post on the net (thanks to the user Polemik)
See here (google translated) :
Williams advances in Week 2
Short Nose coming soon
After a disappointing first test week, Williams presented transformed in the second section of the Barcelona test. Lap times and stability are much better. Only the new Nasae is slow in coming. She fell through the crash test.
In the first week of testing in Barcelona Williams disappeared from the scene. Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa occupied in the lap times ranking places 14. and 21. There were problems with the tire temperatures and also its reliability. Massa was long with a fuel leak and battery problems in the pits.
Williams closer to Mercedes
In the second week of testing the Martini Renner presented transformed. "We have solved both problems. The cars are now running reliably, and we have found speed," said Williams technical director Pat Symonds satisfaction. What exactly has changed on the car, Symonds will not reveal. Only this: "It was not only the set-up." After all drove Valtteri Bottas on the sixth day of testing with 1.23,261 minutes on supersoft tires best.
The Williams-simulation programs spat pleasing figures. Accordingly, one is under comparable conditions 6/10 slower than Mercedes. That would be a significant increase to 2015, where the difference was at least one second.
On Ferrari missing only 2 tenths. And Red Bull is on Williams-level. Operations manager Rob Smedley cautioned, however: "On the last two days there was a lot of wind, especially in the curves 4 and 5. That made comparisons difficult."
New Williams-nose flies through Crash Test
Technically Williams has his powder fired by GP Australia. "There are only little things" reveals Symonds. And the new short-nose? She fell through the crash test. Next week she has a new crash date.
The new nose is 85 centimeters at minimum level. The current version is 90 centimeters long. "And it was already difficult to get through the crash test," smiles Symonds. "In the strict crash conditions is with these short noses always a nail-biter." Even if the crash test is passed to the Williams-Short nose come until the second or third race.
author
Michael Schmidt
photo
Stefan Baldauf
date
March 3, 2016
original article in german see here :
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/form ... 99736.html
