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ROKiT Williams Racing is pleased to announce that Jamie Chadwick has joined the team’s Driver Academy in the role of Development Driver. Jamie, 21, is currently driving in the new W Series, and has enjoyed a successful career in both single-seaters and sportscars. She claimed the 2015 British GT4 Title in 2015, became a British Formula 3 race winner in […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “The changes that we are making are not giving us the results, so it is a bit confusing” – Robert Kubica George Russell improves after Williams F1 car swap with Robert Kubica The report adds that “Kubica reportedly had a clause in his contract stating that he […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We had a successful and productive morning completing over 50 laps and gathering useful information on some test components. The morning running came to an end just before the allotted lunch break when the car unexpectedly stopped on the start-finish straight. Resolving this issue took a little while but the team worked hard and diligently to […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: Picking up where he left off in Bahrain, and following some more very strong results in F2, Nicholas drove extremely well all day today. This allowed us to complete almost all the tests that we had planned. Over 134 laps, we completed a series of test programmes as we evaluated some new components and began some […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “We have checked again our insurance policy and it is fully covered. Our legal department is talking to Williams’ legal department and they will be reimbursed in full.” Williams to be compensated for Baku drain cover damage “Now we’re looking to bring the upgrades that have literally […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 17th and Robert Kubica 18th in the Spanish Grand Prix Robert started 17th on the grid and George 19th both on the medium Pirelli tyre following a number of penalties for cars ahead Both drivers ran a two-stop race, pitting first for the soft tyres and once more for a new set of medium tyres with a stacked pitstop […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 19th and Robert Kubica 20th for the Spanish Grand Prix George continued to improve on his time with a 1:19.072 on his third and final flying lap of Q1 to finish P19 Robert set his best time of the session on his second run with a time of 1:20.254 to finish P20 George will have a five-place […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We were able to complete some useful testing during FP1 and FP2 today as we made up for the time lost in Baku two weeks ago. Conditions were good all day and the track seemed to offer decent grip throughout the day. Robert had a small issue on his car during FP2, which cost us some […]
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With the first four races of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship in the book, we return to familiar ground this weekend as the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya plays host to the Spanish Grand Prix. The fifth round of the year kick starts the traditional European leg of the season and presents a track that is very familiar to both […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 15th and Robert Kubica 16th in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix The Brit started 17th on the grid and Robert from the pitlane, both on the medium Pirelli tyre Robert served a drive through penalty on Lap 14 due to a start procedure infringement Both drivers ran a two-stop race, pitting first for the medium tyres and once more […]
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