Rowland optimistic after Hungary test for Williams

Oliver Rowland believes his test with Williams at the post-Hungary test was a successful one, the 25-year-old was behind the wheel on Tuesday for the team before being replaced by Robert Kubica for Wednesday's running.

Speaking to the media after his driving duties had finished on Tuesday, Rowland reported that his time in the car had gone well and felt that his work helped the Williams team gather a lot of data.

“I think in general it went well,” he said.

"Everything ran to plan for the team.

"There was a couple of hold-ups during the day but we managed to make up for that time.

"The mechanics did a job to get everything fixed and fitted in certain times throughout the day.

“I would have preferred to get a bit more of a run at the end when the rain came in, but I can’t control the weather.

"From a team’s perspective we gathered a lot of data and it was positive."

Williams will be hoping that anything they decipher during the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test will be useful in improving the FW41, the team struggling since the start of the season to keep pace with the midfield runners.

Rowland also got the nod of approval from Williams' head of performance engineering Rob Smedley, who was full of praise for him.

“Oliver did a great job, he got on with it, was very professional and diligent and went through all the data gathering runs.

“He was unfortunate with the weather at the end of the day when it started to rain, as we had just got onto a clean car, so he hasn’t really put in any timed laps.

"He certainly impressed us all with his work ethic. Once we did get onto new tyres at the end of the aero testing, he did a really good job and showed good pace immediately."