Williams Week – 13th August 2018
Stroll rescues Force India and leaves question marks over future relationship with Williams and electricity line checking robots!
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Williams Week – 6th August 2018
A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2018 Hungarian Test: “I question whether I’m the right person to be doing this job. If anyone in Williams says to my face that I was damaging the team, then I would go.” – Claire Williams Claire Williams considers quitting F1 “I think everyone […]
Read moreBudapest Test #4 2018 – Day Two
Driver: Robert Kubica Chassis / Engine: FW41-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ Location: Hungaroring, 4.318 km Weather: Warm and dry Temperatures (min-max): Air 22-31ºC / Track 30-50ºC Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: We have ended what has been a successful test. We came here to predominately concentrate on 2019 aero specification and we have carried out every single […]
Read moreBudapest Test #4 2018 – Day One
Driver: Oliver Rowland Chassis / Engine: FW41-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ Location: Hungaroring, 4.318 km Weather: Warm, mostly dry with some rain Temperatures: Air 29ºC / Track 51ºC Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: It was a good day for the team. We had spent a long time preparing for this event, concentrating on 2019 aero regulations. The […]
Read moreWilliams Week – 30th July 2018
A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix: “We are watching the situation closely. We already have a cooperation with Force India, which has our support. We are currently wondering if there might be a similar partnership with Williams.” – Toto Wolff Williams could be Mercedes ‘B team’ […]
Read moreHungarian Grand Prix 2018 – Race
Race Notes Sergey Sirotkin finished 16th and Lance Stroll 17th in the Hungarian Grand Prix Sergey started the race from P19 on the soft Pirelli tyre Lance was forced to start the race from the pitlane, after changing his front wing during parc fermé following his accident in Saturday’s qualifying session Both cars made clean starts and gained positions on […]
Read moreHungarian Grand Prix 2018 – Qualifying
Lance Stroll qualified 15th and Sergey Sirotkin 20th for the Hungarian Grand Prix Both drivers started a wet Q1 session on the intermediate tyre, but pitted for the ultrasoft after one flying lap Lance and Sergey improved during the session as the track started to dry, with Lance progressing into Q2 A sudden downpour hit the track in Q2, with […]
Read moreHungarian Grand Prix 2018 – Practice
Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: It’s been a typical hot day in Hungary, which inevitably makes everything more difficult than normal. There were some thunderstorms around this afternoon which fortunately didn’t hit the track, but we expect some may do tomorrow. In terms of the work we’ve been doing, we’ve been building on the results we gathered in Germany a […]
Read moreOliver Rowland set for Williams test in Hungary
WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING’S Official Young Driver, Oliver Rowland, will return to the wheel of the FW41 on Tuesday 31 July when he takes part in the official Formula One test in Hungary. Oliver tested for the team earlier in May this year where he set 121 laps of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya following the Spanish Grand Prix. Speaking ahead of his second […]
Read moreHungarian Grand Prix 2018 – Preview
Paddy Lowe The Hungaroring is one of the shortest tracks on the calendar but as it is set in its own amphitheatre, it is a terrific place for fans to come and watch. Indeed, the race usually attracts a great crowd from across Europe who enjoy the event as well as the beautiful city of Budapest. Temperatures can be very […]
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