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The best races in Formula One are always those where the unexpected happens. France 1999 will go down in history as a prime example… The weekend got off to a good start when, during Friday practice, Alex Zanardi set the 5th quickest time. However even he recognised that this was a freak occurrence. a one-off that was unlikely to be […]
Read moreThe performance of the Williams team this weekend was exactly as any Williams fan has come to expect this season. A poor qualifying position for both drivers, but both close together on the grid, a good race for Schumacher culminating in a couple of points and Zanardi not finishing due to some technical difficulty. The Canadian race was no different […]
Read moreThis weekend’s race marked the 400th Grand Prix for Williams. Frank Williams has said in the past that this sort of statistic does not interest him – only winning championships. That is probably just as well as nothing short of a miracle was going to bring about anything to celebrate this weekend. However there was cause for celebration this weekend […]
Read moreThe Williams’ teams poor performance continues unabated the only “high” spot being that Alex Zanardi, after a catalogue of problems in the previous races, finally finished a race when he was still running. However the Italian’s race was not without problems – a loose seat prevented him from performing as he would have liked. Qualifying was, unfortunately, as any Williams […]
Read moreFor the first time this season Alex Zanardi was closer to his team mate and was finally showing some of the form shown when winning his two Cart championships. However at the end of the weekend the team still came away with no points having come within four laps of scoring. Williams came to Imola buoyed up after a successful […]
Read morehe problem with writing a race report based solely upon the broadcast race pictures is that when the team you follow isn’t as competitive as they once were you never get to see the cars. The Brazilian Grand Prix is a fine example. A couple of years ago the cameras would have been constantly upon the leading Williams of Jacques […]
Read moreThe first race of a new season is always interesting as many of the teams meet head-to-head for the first time since the last race of the previous season. This year was no different with action from the moment the cars went to the grid. For WilliamsF1 (as the team now likes to be called) this season looks like being […]
Read moreAs the current Williams drivers, Jacques Villeneuve and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, qualified for the team for the last time it was evident that both were still trying – possibly to impress their new employers – and this was reflected in their final positions. Frentzen was 5th on a track he knows well with Villeneuve in 6th – the Williams team third […]
Read moreThis season Williams just don’t seem to be able to get it right. They take a step forward only for the others to do the same. This weekend seemed to be another of those occasions -starting with a lacklustre qualifying session, a mediocre race with a poor result. Qualifying saw the outgoing Williams drivers, because by this point it was […]
Read moreThe Williams Formula One team announced on Tuesday that German Ralf Schumacher and Italian Alex Zanardi will drive for them in 1999. Zanardi won the Indy car championship this season for the second successive time with the Target Chip Ganassi Racing Team for whom he has driven for the past three years. The Italian will return to Grand Prix racing […]
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