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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “I’m very confident the team won’t be at the back of the grid from 2022 onwards.” – Geroge Russell Williams’ George Russell on breaking into Formula One “We are not going to take compromises on the ’22 car because of the ’21 car.” – Jost Capito Williams […]
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Williams Racing is delighted to announce a new Official Supplier, KX, a global leader in real-time streaming analytics. The agreement will see KX implement a total analytics solution, combining real-time analytics, a time-series database, complex event processing, machine learning and data visualisation tools in one platform. This will significantly enhance the analytical capabilities of Williams Racing, supporting the continuous development […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “I’d like to think this is worst-case scenario, so fingers crossed it can only get better.” – George Russell Russell hopes Bahrain was ‘worst-case scenario’ “At the time, we thought it would be for a month, a couple of months. And here we are a year later, […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “Frank Williams, for all the great successes he had, was extremely difficult as a person. He was the opposite of straight.” – Ralf Schumacher Williams wanted drivers to ‘hate each other’ “Bringing in someone of his calibre to our already experienced technical team will help drive the […]
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Race Notes – George Russell finished 14th whilst Nicholas Latifi had to retire on lap 52 due to a suspected boost leak in the Bahrain Grand Prix– The Brit started 15th and the Canadian 17th, both on the soft Pirelli tyre– George ran a two-stop race, pitting on laps 13 and 36, each time for the medium compound– Nicholas also made two planned […]
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Qualifying Notes– George Russell qualified 15th and Nicholas Latifi 17th for the Bahrain Grand Prix– George’s posted his fastest time of the session during Q1, with a 1:31.316 to make it through into Q2 for the first qualifying session of the year– Nicholas continued to improve throughout Q1 and posted his quickest time with a 1:31.936 Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: It was hot this afternoon, meaning that the tyre performance dominated the FP1 running. Both George and Nicholas completed their programmes and had no issues with the car. The cooler evening session offered more suitable conditions for qualifying and race preparation and we were able to complete useful running on both cars despite the […]
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Williams Racing is pleased to announce that Dan Ticktum will remain in his role as Development Driver with the team in 2021. The 21-year-old joined the Grove-based outfit last year, impressing as he took on a busy simulator programme to aid with car development. Dan will continue to build on the work he has done in this area in 2021, […]
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Williams Racing is delighted to welcome pioneering health and wellness brand Honibe (pronounced honey-bee) as an Official Partner of the team ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One season. With a focus on quality and purity, Honibe creates convenient honey-centric solutions for consumers to solve ailments and promote wellness using Honey For Health™. The company’s mantra is to deliver honey […]
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PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GRAND PRIX DRIVERS ASSOCIATION The GPDA, the assembly of all active F1 drivers, welcomes two new directors to its board. As Romain Grosjean steps down, George Russell joins Sebastian Vettel as director alongside Chairman, Alex Wurz. The GPDA has elected a fourth director, the first non-driver appointment, to support its businesses and activities. Anastasia Fowle, who […]
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