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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: According to the Polish press, the deal said to be worth at least 10 million US dollars per season. PKN Orlen is branding will be prominent on Williams cars, as well as driver helmets, team overalls and apparel. Polish funds and talent head for Williams F1 Heaney […]
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WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING is pleased to announce Nicholas Latifi as a Reserve Driver for the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. The Canadian has enjoyed a successful career in the junior formulas and is a multiple FIA Formula 2 race winner. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge that will prove invaluable in the development of the FW42’s performance. […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “Our journalists have learned that the sponsor of the team will be (Polish oil company) PKN Orlen, who have allocated €10 million,” said Polish radio RMF FM. Kubica sponsor to back entire Williams team “It’s not an easy period because many people are leaving” – Robert Kubica […]
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Williams Esports has announced a strategic partnership with Razer, a leading global lifestyle brand for gamers. The long-term partnership will see Team Razer and Williams Esports collaborate in multiple areas of racing esports. The partnership will see Williams Esports and Team Razer working together on future initiatives and activities, including the development of innovative technology solutions such as Hypersense, to […]
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WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING has today announced a partnership with PKN ORLEN, a leading player in the fuels and energy market. PKN ORLEN prides itself on innovation and technology whilst retaining a strong focus on value creation. The customer-orientated petrochemical business is present in over 90 countries, spread across six continents. As part of the agreement, PKN ORLEN will have branding […]
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The team completed a successful Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi to end the season, with the teams 2019 driver line up behind the wheel. George Russell and Robert Kubica shared the driving responsibilities over the two-day test, George completed 97 laps and Robert 71 over both days. Robert Kubica: The focus was on the 2019 Pirelli specification tyres, it […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: “It’s a long road, they’re a talented bunch there, there are some really good technical people, some really good engineers and a good management group and the trick now is they have to pull together and start to go in […]
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Race Notes Lance Stroll finished 13th and Sergey Sirotkin 15th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Both cars started the race on the supersoft Pirelli tyre, with Sergey 19th and Lance 20th on the grid Both drivers made clean starts, Lance running as high as 10th and Sergey in 15th during the middle stage of the race Sergey made his first and only pitstop on Lap […]
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Qualifying Notes Sergey Sirotkin qualified 19th and Lance Stroll 20th for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Both drivers qualified on the hypersoft Pirelli tyre Sergey set a time of 1:38.635 on his final flying lap in Q1 to finish 19th Lance bettered his second flying lap to a 1:38.682 but was unable to improve his position finishing the session in 20th Paddy […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: It’s great to be back in Abu Dhabi and to be reaching the end of a very long season. Practice in Abu Dhabi is tricky because FP1 is in very hot, sunny conditions at 1pm whereas FP2 in the evening is far more representative of qualifying and the race. As usual, we did a lot of […]
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