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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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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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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the Italian Grand Prix: There is no guiding light at Williams. The car is a mess also. The lack of aerodynamic efficiency is worrying considering they had Paddy Lowe spearheading the effort!Williams F1: A Rollercoaster “Undoubtedly, at some point Lance will move from our team […]
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Lance Stroll finished P10 and Sergey Sirotkin P11 in the Italian Grand PrixBoth cars started the race on the supersoft Pirelli tyre, with Lance starting P10 and Sergey P12Lance and Sergey both enjoyed clean starts to the race, and made up several positions on the opening lap before the Safety Car was deployedLance ran as high as eighth, before pitting […]
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Lance Stroll qualified 10th and Sergey Sirotkin 12th for the Italian Grand PrixBoth cars qualified on the Pirelli supersoft tyreIn the opening session, both drivers set consistently quicker laptimes, with Sergey P11 and Lance P13 at the end of Q1Both drivers set one-timed lap each in Q2, with Sergey crossing the line P12 and Lance P8, taking the team into […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: We had a biblical rain storm first thing this morning which meant we didn’t achieve too much in FP1 in the mixed conditions. We got a balance on the wet tyres and checked the rear wing in wet conditions, but all of our normal work needed to be done in FP2. We ran a regular programme […]
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