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– Felipe Massa finished 13th and Lance Stroll 16th at the Spanish Grand Prix – Lance made a good start on a set of new soft tyres, avoiding the action to move up from P18 to P13 on the opening lap – After a great start, Felipe and Fernando Alonso made contact at turn two, resulting in a front-right puncture […]
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Q1 F. Massa 1:22.138 (14th) L. Stroll 1:22.411 (18th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:20.511 Q2 F. Massa 1:21.222 (8th) L. Stroll – Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:20.210 Q3 F. Massa 1:21.232 (9th) L. Stroll – Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:19.149 Qualifying Notes – Felipe Massa qualified ninth and Lance Stroll 18th for the Spanish Grand Prix – Both drivers struggled […]
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FP1 Weather: Warm and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 18-23C / 23-38C F Massa, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:24.618 (14th) L Stroll, FW40-02, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:25.919 (18th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:21.521 FP2 Weather: Warm and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 24-26C / 39-45C F Massa, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:22.015 (9th) L […]
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Paddy Lowe We come to the first European race of the season. After the Russian Grand Prix this is the first time that we have seen all the cars and freight come back to the factory since everything headed out to Australia in early March. It marks a new phase in the calendar as we return to the familiar surrounds […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the second F1 test at Barcelona “I didn’t really see any message saying ‘don’t do it’. I just followed my heart, that’s what I love to do. I was for sure not ready to carry on in Formula 1 just to be part of the […]
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Driver: Lance Stroll Chassis / Engine: FW40-02 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+ Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km Weather: Warm and Dry Maximum air & track temps: 24ºC / 32ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: It was a pretty good day. We did some chassis work and a qualifying simulation this morning. Unfortunately, Lance didn’t manage to get […]
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Driver: Lance Stroll / Felipe Massa Chassis / Engine: FW40-02 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+ Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km Weather: Warm and Dry Maximum air & track temps: 21ºC / 27ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: It was a pretty solid day concentrating on race distances. We achieved this with Lance in good style this morning […]
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Driver: Felipe Massa / Lance Stroll Chassis / Engine: FW40-02 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+ Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km Weather: Warm and Dry Maximum air & track temps: 27ºC / 22ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer: Today was a pretty busy day again, and also included a driver change at lunchtime. Felipe was driving this morning […]
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Driver: Felipe Massa Chassis / Engine: FW40-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+ Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km Weather: Warm and Dry Maximum air & track temps: 20ºC / 26ºC Rod Nelson, Chief Test & Support Engineer:It was an excellent day for the team today. We were a little on the back foot after the first test, so we modified […]
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Driver: Lance Stroll Chassis / Engine: FW40-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+ Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655km Weather: Warm and Dry Maximum air & track temps: 20ºC / 28ºC Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: We’ve had a good day, learning about the car while also doing aerodynamic and mechanical testing. We’re still in the early stages, but things […]
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