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Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC (WGPH, Ticker: WGF1) today announced the Group’s interim results for the six months to 30 June 2018. WGPH is the holding company of the Williams group of companies, which includes Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited and Williams Advanced Engineering Limited. Group revenue was marginally lower in the first six months of 2018 at £82.6m, compared […]
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Paddy Lowe This weekend we head to the Sochi Autodrom on the Black Sea for the fifth time, and for the first of a back-to-back flyaway ending in Japan. The weekend will be very special for us as a team, as it will be Sergey’s first home Formula One race, so we expect to see huge support for him from […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Only details separate George Russell from a place in Formula 1 in 2019. F2 leader is close to securing Williams seat for 2019 (in Portugese) “It’s more about what happens at Force India than it is about us. We’re going race by race.” – Claire Williams Stroll […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the Singapore Grand Prix: “We wouldn’t be in favour of three cars. You’ve got team collaborations and then you’re going to have three cars. Where does this end? It’s another step in the wrong direction.” – Claire Williams F1 rivals question Mercedes’ third car idea […]
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Race Notes Lance Stroll finished 14th and Sergey Sirotkin 19th in the Singapore Grand Prix Sergey started on the ultrasoft Pirelli tyre in P19, with Lance P20 on the soft Pirelli tyre The Safety Car was immediately deployed on the first lap Sergey picked up debris so made an early stop, switching to the soft tyre on lap 3 as […]
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Sergey Sirotkin qualified 19th and Lance Stroll 20th for the Singapore Grand Prix Both cars qualified on the Pirelli hypersoft tyre Lance was the faster of the two on his initial run, setting a 1:41.334 to go P12 while Sergey managed a 1:42.724 to go P13 Both cars pitted for new tyres and Sergey went faster on his second run, […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: One of our main objectives for FP1 was for the drivers to get to know the circuit, as it’s very long and quite complicated. As Sergey hadn’t previously driven in Singapore, this was particularly important. We also conducted several aerodynamic tests on each car. In FP2, we did our first running on the hypersoft, we […]
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Williams is delighted to announce its engineering academy, which first launched in 2015 with the support of Randstad, will continue this year in collaboration with Unilever. The Unilever Williams Engineering Academy (UWEA) is designed to identify young, talented engineers and will launch later this month at the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. The high-profile programme will give up to ten […]
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Paddy Lowe We head to the Marina Bay street circuit this week to start the final international leg of the season. The circuit is famous for hosting the first ever Formula One night race, and the unique atmosphere created under the floodlights make it unlike anywhere else we go. The circuit requires high downforce and good mechanical grip, and is […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “We don’t really have to do anything because Robert Kubica is our reserve driver. All we can do is wait for events to unfold” – Paddy Lowe
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