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Race Notes Jack Aitken finished 17th in the Sakhir Grand Prix, and Nicholas did not finish due to a suspected oil leak which the team are now investigating Nicholas started 16th on the soft Pirelli tyre, with Jack lining up 17th on the medium compound Jack ran a three-stop strategy, pitting first for the hard Pirelli tyre on lap 31, […]
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Qualifying Notes Nicholas Latifi qualified 17th and Jack Aitken 18th for the Sakhir Grand Prix Nicholas continued to improve throughout the session, clocking his quickest lap on his final attempt with a 0:54.796 Jack’s fastest lap of the session, a 0:54.892, was also set on his last attempt in Q1 Congratulations to George Russell on second place on the grid, […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: It has been a fun evening getting to grips with the new Sakhir layout. The new corners are a bit bumpy in places, but they add to the character of the circuit and give the drivers a new challenge. The wind direction was quite different to last week and so even the corners that are […]
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Williams Racing can confirm that Jack Aitken will race in this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix alongside Nicholas Latifi. The 25-year-old takes the place of the team’s regular race driver George Russell, whom the team has released to drive for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team in Bahrain with Lewis Hamilton unable to race due to a positive COVID-19 test. Aitken is […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 12th and Nicholas Latifi 14th in the Bahrain Grand Prix George started 14th on the medium Pirelli tyre, with Nicholas lining up 20th on the hard compound The race was red flagged on lap one due to an horrific crash for Romain Grosjean, with both drivers taking a new set of medium tyres in the […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 14th and Nicholas Latifi 20th for the Bahrain Grand Prix George secured yet another Q2 appearance, his ninth of the season so far, before posting a 1:31.218 on his only timed lap of the second session on a set of the used soft tyres Nicholas’ fastest lap of the session, a 1:30.182, was set on […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: Although there was some overnight and morning rain, we were able to complete the programmes as intended. Roy did an excellent job and completed all of his test items, providing some very useful feedback, including on the new 2021 Pirelli tyres. FP2 was fully dry but interrupted by several red flags, which disrupted our […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “It’s difficult to say it’s fun, it’s at least experience, and those two races gave me good answers and valuable experience definitely.” – Robert Kubica Robert Kubica a passenger while driving Williams’ 2019 F1 carK “It’s very difficult for me to talk about Paddy and his role […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: Conditions in Sakhir have been much better today following yesterday’s disrupted running. We have enjoyed warm and calm conditions for much of the day, which has allowed us to progress the engineering programme quite quickly. Nicholas has had his first day of running in the FW42 and has done an excellent job. He started with some […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: it was a very frustrating day for everyone here in Bahrain. Conditions first thing this morning looked reasonable following the dust clouds yesterday and some overnight rain. However, some further rain meant that little happened between mid-morning and early evening when conditions improved again. We were able to complete some aero testing early in the morning […]
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