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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2017 Austrian Grand Prix “It’s not fair to the other drivers because he is the only one to have this privilege thanks to his money” – Jacques Villeneuve Jacques Villeneuve says F1 driver Lance Stroll’s extra testing is ‘circumventing the rules’ “We do not […]
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Race Notes: – Felipe Massa finished ninth and Lance Stroll tenth at the Austrian Grand Prix, securing three championship points for WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING – Both drivers had impressive starts to the race, managing to avoid a number of incidents on the opening corners – In the opening lap, Felipe gained seven places up to P10 and Lance moved up […]
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Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 4.326 km / 2.688 miles Weather: Warm and dry Temperature: Air:28-30°C Track:38-44°C Q1 F. Massa 1:06.534 (17th) L. Stroll 1:06.608 (18th) Q2 L. Stroll – F. Massa – Q3 L. Stroll – F. Massa –
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: We were carrying out tests across the garage on suspension and aerodynamics with some new parts that we brought this weekend. Both cars ran wide at Turn Nine in the morning session and suffered some damage unfortunately, but we were able to put that right for FP2. We’re doing more work with set-up in FP2 […]
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Paddy Lowe We head to the Austrian GP this weekend in the picturesque Styrian mountains. The track itself is dramatic with a lot of elevation and some interesting corners which tend to produce some great racing. It is very short which makes racing quite dynamic, as the cars come round pretty quickly for a fresh lap. That keeps us on […]
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•Valtteri Bottas finished ninth in the Austrian Grand Prix, while Felipe Massa retired •Valtteri ran inside the top 10 for the duration of the race on his two-stop strategy, but was unable to gain positions as he struggled with tyre graining •Felipe started from the pitlane due to a front wing change following structural damage sustained in qualifying •Felipe was […]
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• Valtteri Bottas qualified eighth and Felipe Massa 10th for the Austrian Grand Prix • Q3 began wet but dried through the session to allow drivers to switch to dry tyres with five minutes to go • Felipe was the first car out on the ultrasoft tyre in Q3 and was provisionally P3, before falling to 10th as the cars […]
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FP1 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 19-22°C / 31-40°C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:08.998 (10th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid, 1:08.824 (7th) Quickest time: N. Rosberg (1:07.373) FP2 Weather: Warm and Wet Air & Track Temperatures: 17-24°C / 25-43°C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:08.941 (9th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid, 1:09.184 (12th) Quickest time: N. […]
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Pat Symonds We are in the middle of a phase of high-speed circuits of which Austria is typical, and as such favours the characteristics of the FW38 and the Mercedes power unit. The circuit itself has brought us success in the past, and we have every reason to believe that it will do so again. However, for this third visit […]
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Driver: Valtteri Bottas Chassis / Engine: FW37-01 / PU106B Hybrid Location: Red Bull Ring, Austria, 4.326km Objectives: Aero and chassis work Weather: Mild and Dry Air & track temps: 13 – 21ºC / 18 – 32ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: We have had an excellent day today to complete the two-day test. We completed our scheduled programme […]
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