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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “The time is now right to sell a majority stake to enable WAE to further scale and develop its technologies. EMK Capital have a proven track record of success which will enable WAE to take advantage of these emerging opportunities and realise its full potential.” – Mike […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “I think as a group, with me involved, we haven’t done enough in the last 24 months. I am here exactly more than 24 months and when you sit down and George is commenting the same comments as I’m highlighting.” – Robert Kubica Robert Kubica Launches Further […]
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ROKiT Williams Racing is pleased to announce that Dan Ticktum has joined the team’s driver academy in the role of Development Driver. Dan is a two-time winner of the famed Macau Grand Prix, tasting success in 2017 and 2018, whilst he also finished as runner-up in the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. He was awarded the prestigious BRDC McLaren […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Raikkonen approached the Williams team for a seat. However, he followed it up saying that things turned around quickly when he talked to Lotus. Kimi Raikkonen Reveals He was Very Close to Signing for Williams in 2012 For F1 Return “I think from some point of view, […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “If I would stand in front of the mirror in many years time and say I had the chance to return but I gave it up, that would be difficult for me to understand” – Robert Kubica F1 return better than staying at home With no actual […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We completed the 2019 campaign with a very productive day of testing here in Abu Dhabi. Roy began the day collecting important aero data before completing the tyre testing that he began yesterday. Once again, he drove confidently, professionally, and proficiently and provided us with some very valuable feedback on the 2020 tyres. Nicholas drove […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: George was back in the car this morning, fresh from a strong performance during the race on Sunday. We took the opportunity to explore the 2020 tyre offering from Pirelli and completed a series of comparison runs on several of the proposed 2020 compounds, using the 2019 tyres as the baseline. We were able to […]
Read moreA round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “I look forward to the journey ahead with the team, and I am excited to make my F1 debut at the Australian Grand Prix in 2020.” – Nicholas Latifi Latifi replaces Kubica at Williams, Formula 1 2020 grid full “Obviously Nicholas stepping up next year was dependent […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 17th and Robert Kubica 19th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The Brit started 18th and Robert 19th on the grid, both on the hard Pirelli tyre Both drivers ran a one-stop strategy, Robert pitted first on lap 24 and George on lap 32, both for the medium Pirelli tyre Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 19th and Robert Kubica 20th for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The best times for the drivers were, 1:38.717 for George, and 1:39.236 for Robert Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: Using the information that we gathered yesterday evening, we made some small changes to the cars for qualifying, which enabled us to significantly close the […]
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