China preview quotes: Williams

Nico Hulkenberg: Like Malaysia, I've previously raced in China; two seasons ago in A1 GP. It's good to go to a Grand Prix with experience of the track. You can do as much training in the simulator as you want, but it doesn't beat real, on track experience. The circuit isn't one of my favourites, it's very impersonal, but it does have a very long back straight which will be a good place for overtaking. Keep an eye out for that during the race as there should be some good action round that part of the lap. I am flying out to China on Monday, there's no need to go out to this race early to acclimatise, but I do want to check out some of the sights as the city is quite cool. I'll definitely be taking a trip to the Bund and the Oriental Pearl tower in nearby Pudong Park.

Sam Michael, Technical Director: After the issues we faced in Malaysia, we're heading to China with a clear target of improving our performance. There are several key areas which we obviously need to concentrate on. Firstly, we need to ensure that both drivers make it into the top ten again in qualifying in order to give them the best possible chance of scoring some needed points in the race. We also need to work on our starts. We have resolved the problem that Rubens had on the grid, and we will be carrying out a series of starts practices during the Friday sessions. In terms of car developments, we have been working hard on producing some aero improvements for the front and rear wings for Shanghai.