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New Williams is reliable

The Williams team debuted its 2008 car this week at Valencia and raised a number of eyebrows in the paddock with the FW30's immediate pace. On top of that, the car has been reliable having completed a race distance and over 1,400km in just one test.

"This week marked the initial test for the FW30 and it was a good beginning from a reliability and performance point of view," said Williams technical chief Sam Michael. "The car completed a full nonstop race simulation on only its second day of testing with Nico Rosberg and covered over 1,400kms during the four days." 

"After Nico Hulkenberg shook the car down on Monday's installation day, Nico Rosberg carried out the initial setup and reliability work and Kazuki took over for the last day to work on long runs and some set-up items," he added. "The test team are now moving on to Barcelona where Nico Rosberg and Kazuki will drive two FW30s."

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