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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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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: It’s great to be back in Abu Dhabi and to be reaching the end of a very long season. Practice in Abu Dhabi is tricky because FP1 is in very hot, sunny conditions at 1pm whereas FP2 in the evening is far more representative of qualifying and the race. As usual, we did a lot of […]
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Paddy Lowe We head to Abu Dhabi this weekend for the final race of what has been a challenging year for the team. Abu Dhabi itself is a fantastic location for Formula One with a great party atmosphere in and around the paddock to end a long season. The Yas Marina Circuit is also impressive and with both qualifying and […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Motorsport.com understands Williams was pleased with the feedback and data gathered after getting through the planned programme smoothly. Kubica logs 100 laps in first test with 2017 Williams Fresh from the car Robert faces the media….. and he is a popular boy! #kubica #f1 #abudhabitest pic.twitter.com/HN1wXyIexd — […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix “Although conversations are ongoing with Kubica, it is still yet to be finally decided who will replace Massa” – Williams Spokesperson Williams Formula 1 team denies it has completed Robert Kubica deal The Williams F1 racer is understood to […]
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Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi 5.554 km, 3.451 miles Race Notes: – Felipe Massa finished 10th and Lance Stroll 18th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Both cars started on the ultrasoft Pirelli tyre, with Felipe starting in 10th and Lance 15th – Lance fought his way up to 13th at the start but struggled with balance issues and […]
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Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi 5.554 km / 3.451 miles Weather: Hot and dry Temperature: Air: 24-25°C Track: 29-32°C Q1 F. Massa 1:38.629 (8th) L. Stroll 1:39.503 (15th) Q2 F. Massa 1:38.565 (10th) L. Stroll 1:39.646 (15th) Q3 F. Massa 1:38.550 (10th) Qualifying Notes – Felipe Massa qualified 10th and Lance Stroll 15th for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – […]
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