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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Another quiet rumour is that Williams may be talking to Jost Capito, who is currently the managing director of Volkswagen R GmbH, the company that builds high-performance versions of VW road cars. Notebook from DXB “I had a phone call with Paddy and I told him, ‘I […]
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Williams Racing is pleased to confirm George Russell’s appointment to a race seat from the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship with a multi-year agreement. The 20-year-old British racing driver will make his Formula One race debut at the 2019 Australian Grand Prix and joins Williams with an impressive racing résumé. Following a successful start to his career in karting, […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the Japanese Grand Prix: “I don’t want to be in a situation like last year. Everyone should have their deadline and their honor. There is no decision yet, but it should be quite soon. I will not wait until December.” – Robert Kubica Williams F1 […]
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Race Notes Sergey Sirotkin finished 16th and Lance Stroll 17th in the Japanese Grand Prix Both cars started the race on the soft Pirelli tyre, with Lance 14th and Sergey 17th On the opening lap, both cars lost positions, while Lance made contact with Alonso which resulted in both receiving a five-second time penalty – Lance for causing a collision […]
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Qualifying Notes Lance Stroll qualified 14th and Sergey Sirotkin 17th for the Japanese Grand Prix Both Lance and Sergey qualified on the supersoft Pirelli tyre Both drivers set their first timed-laps with Lance P14 and Sergey P16, before a crash for Marcus Ericsson brought out a red flag Both cars went quicker when the session got back underway, with Lance […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: We started this morning working through some rake running and testing some high-exhaust aero parts on the car. We also did some rear-wing testing between both cars, but predominantly FP1 was all about familiarising ourselves with the track. We’ve got two young drivers, so we tried to get as much running around here as possible as […]
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Lance Stroll I love Suzuka, it is one of my favourites on the calendar. I am really looking forward to going there. It has got a great flow with high speed corners, low speed corners and braking zones. I would say sector one is probably the best sector as when the car is working well, and you get in the […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the Russian Grand Prix: Powering the Espace F1 was the naturally-aspirated 3.5-liter V10 Renault F1 engine that had proved so successful for the Williams team in the early 1990s. This powertrain delivered 800 hp and 520 lb-ft (705 Nm), revved to over 13,000 rpm, and […]
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Race Notes Lance Stroll finished 15th and Sergey Sirotkin 18th in the Russian Grand Prix Both cars started on the ultrasoft Pirelli tyre, with Sergey P13 and Lance P14 on the grid Sergey was unfortunate to get squeezed into turn one, losing several positions on the opening lap meanwhile Lance maintained position Both cars pitted for the soft tyre, with […]
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Qualifying Notes Sergey Sirotkin qualified 18th and Lance Stroll 20th for the Russian Grand Prix Both cars qualified on the Pirelli hypersoft tyre Both drivers set personal best first sectors on their second runs, but failed to improve Sergey suffered a spin on his final timed-lap which brought out yellow flags and compromised Lance who was following close behind Paddy Lowe, Chief […]
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