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Nakajima uninjured following accident

Kazuki Nakajima escaped unharmed from his large impact in the Australian Grand Prix after as Williams-Toyota hit a concrete wall. The Japanese driver, having started eleventh on the grid, had risen to fourth position when an unforced error caused the premature retirement.

"I had a quite a big accident on lap 17 when I ran wide at turn four and I hit the kerb," he confirmed. "It unsettled the car and I then lost the rear. It was quite a fast impact so I had a precautionary check in the medical centre, but everything is
fine and physically I am okay. The outcome - my retirement - hurts! The race was really enjoyable - we had good pace, a good fuel load and good tyres."

Team-mate Nico Rosberg also enjoyed a strong afternoon for the team, which hasn't won a race since Brazil 2004 with Juan-Pablo Montoya. "It was a challenging race and we suffered with a few glitches here and there," Rosberg explained. "Firstly from my side when on lap one I left the door open at turn three and lost some positions, and then we had a problem on my first pit stop. The restart after the first safety car on cold tyres was very difficult - I had no grip at all and again in the last part of the race, I had taken everything out of my tyres and they were dropping out, so it was impossible to keep anyone behind me.

"All said and done, I think two points is a good outcome because I believe we are faster than a couple of the cars who finished ahead of us today, so from a championship perspective, it's looks okay. It was an exciting race today thanks to the new rules."

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