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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “The situation has been horrifically challenging and very difficult, but I’m always motivated by the people we have in this team, and they’ve never shown any signs of giving up, so I wasn’t going to either.” – Claire Williams Criticism ‘just makes me fight even harder’ “They […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 12th and Robert Kubica 16th in the Brazilian Grand Prix The Brit started 18th and Robert 19th on the grid, both on the medium Pirelli tyre George ran a three-stop race, pitting first for the medium on lap 23 and then twice again for the softs on laps 54 and 66 Robert ran a four-stop […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 18th and Robert Kubica 19th for the Brazilian Grand Prix The driver’s best times were, 1:10.126 for George, and 1:10.614 for Robert Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: The team worked incredibly hard last night to build a replacement chassis for Robert following his crash yesterday. The warmer conditions helped the tyre performance today and we […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: The heavy overnight rain was supplemented by further showers before and during FP1. This is quite common in Sao Paulo in November and we had a suitable programme prepared, which we would have executed successfully but for the red flag at the end of the session. George and Nicholas drove very well in the wet […]
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It’s time for the penultimate round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship, the Brazilian Grand Prix. Autódromo José Carlos Pace, more commonly referred to as Interlagos, provides drivers and engineers with many challenges, not least because the track runs in an anti-clockwise direction and is at high altitude, which makes it tough on power units. The carnival atmosphere in […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “We decided just to do a second stop for the sake of it, had a slow stop and came out into all the blue flags, so I spent the last 15 laps sat behind them and having to let others past. Not the most fun race I’ve […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “It was pretty frustrating. The first three corners, right place right time and gained a load of positions. The next three corners, wrong place wrong time and lost them all and an additional one to Robert.” Intra-team Williams battle leaves Russell frustrated “We would prefer to have […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 18th and Robert Kubica 20th for the United States Grand Prix George set his best time, a 1:35.372, and Robert a 1:35.889 to finish P18 and P20 Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: As we anticipated yesterday, the weather conditions were quite different today, helped by the relatively late sessions. The work we completed overnight was […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: With additional 2020 tyres available, and with Nicholas in the car again, we had a very busy programme planned for both of today’s sessions. Unfortunately, a gearbox issue early in FP1 heavily curtailed Nicholas’s running, and cost us several important tests. It was also a shame for him as he was looking forward to a […]
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ROKiT Williams Racing is pleased to announce PONOS as an Official Partner of the team. The game development company based in Kyoto, Japan has consistently contributed to the development of the entertainment culture through games since its establishment in 1990. The spread of the internet and smartphones has enabled PONOS to deliver their unique games without having to rely on […]
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