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Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC (WGPH, Ticker: WGF1) today announced the Group’s financial results for the year ended 31 December 2014. WGPH is the holding company of the Williams group of companies, which includes Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited. In 2013, following a number of years of deteriorating performance, Williams embarked on a turnaround strategy to reinvigorate the performance of […]
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After 2013 it would’ve been easy to give up on Williams. The year was pretty poor even by their standards finishing 9th with points in the single digits. Without doubt the team’s worst ever year. From such a low base the prospects for 2014 didn’t look too rosy either. To make matters worse the team were undergoing wholesale changes with […]
Read moreA roundup of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Mercedes gap won’t last – Smedley Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams says there is a “very clear” target for the team in 2015 “and that’s winning races” .@ValtteriBottas meeting fans and guests of Oris at Helsinki Airport this afternoon pic.twitter.com/Zs1HY5uYEi — WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) December 17, […]
Read moreWILLIAMS MARTINI RACING is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Nielsen to the position of Sporting Manager with immediate effect. In this role Steve will be responsible for the overall management and operation of the WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING race team specifically relating to sporting matters and ensuring the compliance and implementation of these directives within the team. Steve joins […]
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A roundup of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Rob Smedley tells Esquire UK what happens in F1 when the season ends The First Time – with Williams’ Valtteri Bottas New Partnership with Avanade Announced Williams F1 team says it must ‘move forward’ in 2015 Now if that's not #MBFamily spirit we don't know what is… […]
Read moreWilliams is pleased to announce that it is teaming up with AUTOSPORT to create a new annual award that will name an engineering student from a UK university as a rising star of Formula One engineering and support them with an accelerated career development programme. The Autosport Williams Engineer of the Future Award will be presented in December each year […]
Read moreWILLIAMS MARTINI RACING is pleased to announce a new multi-year technology partnership agreement and sponsorship with Avanade, a global business technology, cloud and managed services provider. Avanade and WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING will develop a suite of tools to ensure that the team fully optimises its new enterprise platform. Williams will also be drawing on Avanade’s expertise to make sure that […]
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A roundup of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Symonds compares Bottas, with Senna and Schumacher Susie Wolff appointed official test driver for 2015 Susie Wolff’s F1 rise is not tokenism – but a triumph over the odds ‘Flawless’ Felipe Massa back to his best, says Williams’s Smedley The Williams F1 team scored 6300% more points […]
Read moreWilliams is pleased to announce that it has signed a new multi-year partnership agreement with the global consumer goods company Unilever, beginning in 2015. Unilever will use the unique platform of Formula One to further brand awareness for its leading performance deodorant brand, Rexona. The Rexona logo will appear on the sidepod, front wing and front wishbones of the Williams […]
Read moreDriver: Felipe Nasr Chassis/ Engine: FW36-01 / PU106a Hybrid Locations: Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi, 5.554km Objectives: Aero evaluations and 2015 tyre tests Weather: Hot and sunny Air and Track Temps: 25-32°C / 27-42°C Rod Nelson, Chief Test and Support Engineer: We had another productive day. The morning consisted of aero testing, and the afternoon the focus was on longer runs […]
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