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Wurz ready for race return

Alex Wurz has arrived in Melbourne, Australia looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of an F1 car to contest a Grand Prix and not just pound around the track testing. The former Benetton race driver steps back up from being Williams test driver to partner Nico Rosberg.

"Every team comes here with the highest of hopes - the first race is always exiting because everyone will soon know where they really stand," said Wurz. "Albert Park is well laid out and is right in the middle of a park in the centre of Melbourne, that fact alone makes it a nice track. The circuit is a mix of a "real" track with a slight street character. There aren't any really challenging parts, but that doesn't mean the lap is easy. To find a good balance, and to be able to follow the constantly changing track conditions, is in fact quite hard. As a driver, it is of course hugely important to find a good rhythm and not be kicked off the circuit by one of its bumps."

"Overtaking is not that easy," he warned. "which I guess is normal nowadays."

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