France preview quotes: Williams
Mark Webber: "It's good to be back in Europe on terra firma after the two recent fly-away races. Clearly it's a very difficult time for us at the moment as we're not demonstrating the kind of form we want and we need to address this by getting some pace back into the car
"We will have some different parts on the car to help breach the gap to our opposition but, traditionally, most of the teams use the French Grand Prix as an upgrade point in the season, so it's important we make significant gains. I hope Alex's running is straightforward on Friday in order to give us a strong base for Sunday afternoon."
Nico Rosberg: "I like the track at Magny-Cours. I won the GP2 race there last year, my first win of the season and the start of a great year for me. I wasn't at the test last week, but I know that the team has been working really hard on improving our aero package recently.
"We'll be using the Silverstone aero package for this forthcoming race which, I believe, will improve our pace relative to that seen in America. I enjoyed the trip to the States a lot, but it's now nice to be back in Europe, especially considering I can drive to this race from my home."
Sam Michael, Technical Director: "We return to Europe this week for the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours. The team tested in Jerez, Spain, last week with Mark and Alex in an effort to improve the FW28 and to work on our tyres with partner, Bridgestone.
"For Magny-Cours, we will have some aerodynamic improvements that are part of our on-going development programme to bring performance to the car, notably for the front and rear wings. We will also have minor bodywork modifications and updated brake ducts.
"Magny-Cours consists of three high speed areas, the first section of the lap and the two chicanes, as well as some slow and medium speed corners. It is traditionally a very smooth circuit which has an interesting end to the lap because the track creates a good line into the pit lane.
"This means that time lost in the pit lane is low. The tarmac at Magny-Cours is more dependent on temperature than normal which means lap times vary significantly during the day. Strategy will be interesting in Magny-Cours because of the pit lane time and typically high tyre degradation that we see at Magny-Cours."
Simon Corbyn, Head of F1 Race Engineering, Cosworth: "Following successful dyno and track testing, Cosworth will have CA2006 Series 6 engines available for WilliamsF1 for the French Grand Prix. Thanks to everyone at Cosworth for their hard work in delivering this upgrade in time for Magny-Cours."
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