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Williams quietly confident

The WilliamsF1 team was quietly confident after Friday practice as test driver Alex Wurz went fourth quickest and saving miles Rosberg and Webber were thirteenth and twentieth.

"We had slightly less than a normal Friday schedule because of all the testing that we did here last week, so in the afternoon session we revised our programme on Alex's car to concentrate on grip levels on new tyres," said technical director Sam Michael. "In the rest of the practice sessions we did normal runs to check our race performance. Everything is fine, cooling is ok and both the tyres that Bridgestone brought here look strong."

Nico Rosberg commented, "I had a good session today, we tried a few things out, some of which worked, some didn't, but all of this will help with our preparation for the rest of the weekend alongside what we found here at the test last week. We spent some time looking at the best balance between wing level and top speed. I was also very happy with the tyres today and the Bridgestones are performing well here at Monza. With what I learnt today and all the data gathered from Alex, we will spent tonight putting all the pieces together for tomorrow."

Mark Webber added, "It all went well today and we had a good standard Friday and managed to run through our programme without any problems. We will plug all of what we have learnt together tonight in preparation for tomorrow."

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