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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2017 Bahrain Test “Paddy [Lowe]’s arrival into the team has been hugely motivational more than anything so far.” – Claire Williams Paddy Lowe’s arrival has been hugely motivational “I don’t have as many concerns as you might imagine. I think Lance has really proved […]
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Driver: Gary PaffettChassis / Engine: FW40-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+ Location: Bahrain International Circuit, 5.412km Weather: Warm and Dry Maximum air & track temps: 37ºC / 40ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: It’s been a very productive day. The morning was mostly spent undertaking aero investigations, and in the afternoon we covered some chassis and tyre […]
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Driver: Lance Stroll / Felipe Massa Chassis / Engine: FW40-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+ Location: Bahrain International Circuit, 5.412km Weather: Warm and Dry Maximum air & track temps: 35ºC / 41ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: We had an interesting day. It is very different running continuously in the heat of the day rather than under […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix Williams Advanced Engineering, the technology development arm of the Williams F1 team, has had funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to develop batteries for electric cars. Williams gets government grant for electric car battery development From everyone at Williams, […]
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Felipe Massa finished sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix Lance Stroll’s race came to an early conclusion on lap 12 after being hit by Sainz Both cars started the race on the supersoft tyre. Felipe gained several positions to jump up to P6, while Lance fell to P14 Lance was closing in on Palmer before pitting for a new set […]
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Q1 F. Massa 1:31.373 (7th) L. Stroll 1:31.748 (12th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:30.814 Q2 F. Massa 1:30.677 (8th) L. Stroll 1:31.168 (12th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:29.535 Q3 F. Massa 1:30.074 (8th) L.Stroll – Quickest time: V. Bottas 1:28.769 Qualifying Notes – Felipe Massa qualified eighth and Lance Stroll 12th for the Bahrain Grand Prix – Felipe made it […]
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FP1 Weather: Hot and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 36-38C / 38-48C F Massa, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:34.246 (5th) L Stroll, FW40-02, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:34.322 (6th) Quickest time: S. Vettel (1:32.697) FP2 Weather: Hot and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 30-36C / 31-37C F Massa, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:32.079 (7th) L […]
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Bahrain led Formula One’s expansion into the Middle East in 2004 and will this year hold its 12th Grand Prix and its third as a night race. No longer one of the calendar’s new additions, the Bahrain International Circuit has proved one of the more popular modern-era races and hosts one of the most entertaining Grands Prix of the year. […]
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One of the things that have become prevalent in modern F1 are large LCD displays on the steering wheel such as the one you can see on the Sauber below, but Williams have eschewed this until recently. For many years the trend has been for a series of lights and a small LED text panel at the top of the […]
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Race Notes • Valtteri Bottas finished fourth and Felipe Massa tenth in today’s Bahrain Grand Prix. • After a sensor issue on the final fire up caused Felipe’s power unit not to start he was forced to start from the pitlane. • Felipe fought his way back up to eighth but, struggling for pace due to damage sustained after being […]
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