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Williams looking impressive at Sepang

The Williams team shone once again in practice at Sepang, with both Rosberg and Nakajima heading the timesheets at the end of the first pracice session, as they did in Australia. Their charge was finally halted by Ferrari later in the afternoon, although the German and Japanese drivers still finsished the day with fourth and eighth positions respectively.

Nico Rosberg during Thursday's press conference

"We had a very good day with a lot of setup changes, and made good progress in finding a way forward," a happy Rosberg reported. "We also completed a good tyre test, which is important as I think we now have a good idea of what is going on with the tyres for this circuit. Everything worked out well today and, of course, we all had our first sessions driving in the heat but I think my fitness preparation over the winter has helped a lot." Rosberg is looking for more points this weekend having felt 'pleased to be disappointed' with sixth in Australia.

"Today we carried over our competitiveness from the last race," Nakajima added. "Whether we are as quick relative to where we were in Melbourne remains to be seen, but certainly we are far further ahead than we were here last year and we'll keep pushing on tomorrow to see what more we can do."

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