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Race Notes George Russell finished 16th and Nicholas Latifi 17th in the Styrian Grand Prix The Brit started 11th on the soft Pirelli tyre, with the Canadian 18th on the medium Both drivers ran a one-stop race, Nicholas pitted first on lap 32 for the soft Pirelli tyre and George followed on lap 34 for the medium Dave Robson, Head […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 12th and Nicholas Latifi 18th for the Styrian Grand Prix George had the best qualifying of his career so far, making it into Q2 with a time of 1:19.636 Nicholas clocked his quickest time of the session with a 1:21.759 Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: As forecast yesterday, the weather was poor today with […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Williams’s purpose is to race . Their mighty history demands they need to be in a fight on the track, even if it is not at the sharp end. No miracles are expected but while a difficult financial situation exists the one thing they can control is […]
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After its postponement in the wake of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and a 63-day shutdown period, the long anticipated 2020 season officially restarts this weekend in Austria. The revised calendar will see two races held at the same circuit on consecutive weekends and to ensure the safety of all involved, the event will sadly be closed to spectators. Both George […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 18th and Robert Kubica 20th in the Austrian Grand Prix Robert lined up 17th on the grid with George starting from the pitlane, both drivers on the medium Pirelli tyre Both drivers ran a one-stop race to change on to the hard Pirelli tyre, with Robert pitting on lap 19 with George stopping on lap 28 Dave Robson, Senior […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 19th and Robert Kubica 20th for the Austrian Grand Prix George continued to improve his time throughout the session, posting a 1m05.904 on his final run Robert also improved throughout and recorded a best time of 1m06.206 After Qualifying, George was handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding Daniil Kvyat during the session Dave Robson, Senior Race […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: This morning was a relatively quiet session with only one red flag disrupting the very end of the session. Both drivers enjoyed a good session and made progress with their setup in the warm conditions here in Zeltweg. FP2 was a more difficult session with a series of yellow and red flags making it difficult for […]
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It’s the first back-to-back race of the 2019 FIA Formula One season as we head to Austria. Located in the Styrian mountains, the track is one of the highest circuits on the calendar at 600m above sea level. The undulating setting provides a spectacular backdrop and is popular amongst our drivers, despite the short lap. Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: The […]
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Race Notes Lance Stroll finished 13th and Sergey Sirotkin 14th in the Austrian GP Lance had a strong start and made up two places to P11 whilst Sergey initially dropped to P17 avoiding collisions Lance made his first pitstop on lap 15 to switch to the Pirelli soft tyre On lap 21, Sergey continued to climb and reached P11 before […]
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Qualifying Notes Lance Stroll qualified 15th and Sergey Sirotkin 18th for the Austrian Grand Prix Both Lance and Sergey qualified on the ultrasoft Pirelli tyre Sergey made consecutive lap-time improvements but failed to make it out of Q1 due to a yellow flag on his final run Lance made it into Q2 and continued to better his lap times throughout both sessions […]
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