07-Nov-07: Williams Confirm Drivers for 2008

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Hello everyone, I’m Christine from Sidepodcast, and this is F1 Minute for the 7^th November 2007.

Williams have confirmed their driver line-up for 2008 as Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima. Rosberg will be starting his third year with the team, whilst Nakajima gets his first full season after a one race debut this year.

Najakima expressed his gratitude to Williams and to Toyota, as he took part in their young driver program and the contract has been agreed between the teams. He’s also set his sights on taking over Takuma Sato’s reign as Japan’s best racing driver, and believes that the rule changes might help. He drove in GP2 this year, where there’s no traction control allowed, so he thinks he may have a slight advantage when he takes to the track in the Williams.

Also in the news today, de la Rosa is convinced that he has what it takes to partner Lewis Hamilton if McLaren were to offer him the chance, and ex-Formula 1 driver Alex Wurz’s top priority for the future is to a return to the Le Mans 24 hour race.

That’s all for today, please join me tomorrow for another F1 Minute.