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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 […]
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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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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We enjoyed a productive Friday as we conducted testing in the hot conditions of FP1 before turning our attention to qualifying and race preparation in FP2. The red flags in both sessions disrupted the flow a little, but, nonetheless, we adapted well and completed everything that we had planned. The cooler conditions in FP2, and […]
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We’re off to the United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi for the final round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship. The Yas Marina Circuit is dominated by a 1,233m long straight between turns seven and eight and is one of the longest tracks on the calendar. The iconic Yas Hotel provides a spectacular backdrop as the drivers race into […]
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The team completed a successful Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi to end the season, with the teams 2019 driver line up behind the wheel. George Russell and Robert Kubica shared the driving responsibilities over the two-day test, George completed 97 laps and Robert 71 over both days. Robert Kubica: The focus was on the 2019 Pirelli specification tyres, it […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: “It’s a long road, they’re a talented bunch there, there are some really good technical people, some really good engineers and a good management group and the trick now is they have to pull together and start to go in […]
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Race Notes Lance Stroll finished 13th and Sergey Sirotkin 15th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Both cars started the race on the supersoft Pirelli tyre, with Sergey 19th and Lance 20th on the grid Both drivers made clean starts, Lance running as high as 10th and Sergey in 15th during the middle stage of the race Sergey made his first and only pitstop on Lap […]
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Qualifying Notes Sergey Sirotkin qualified 19th and Lance Stroll 20th for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Both drivers qualified on the hypersoft Pirelli tyre Sergey set a time of 1:38.635 on his final flying lap in Q1 to finish 19th Lance bettered his second flying lap to a 1:38.682 but was unable to improve his position finishing the session in 20th Paddy […]
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