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• Valtteri Bottas finished 8th and Felipe Massa 10th in the Belgian Grand Prix • Valtteri remains seventh in the Drivers’ Championship with 62 points, whereas Felipe is now tenth with 39 points • The team moves to fifth in the Constructors’ Championship, two points adrift of Force India Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: It was a disappointing race […]
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•Valtteri Bottas qualified eighth and Felipe Massa 10th for the Belgian Grand Prix. •Valtteri progressed from Q1 into Q2 in P10 after his opening run on the supersoft tyre. As a result of a software issue that affected both drivers Felipe was forced to use up another set of supersoft tyres. With a clear track Felipe was able to comfortably […]
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FP1 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 25-28°C / 26-33°C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:50.394 (9th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid, 1:51.122 (12th) Quickest time: N. Rosberg 1:48.348 FP2 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 31-32°C / 38-41°C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:50.151 (16th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid, 1:50.157 (17th) Quickest time: M. […]
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Pat Symonds The first thing to say is that we expect dry and warm weather all weekend which is not typical of the conditions that we tend to see in Spa. The circuit itself is quite interesting with high power and drag sensitivity favouring low drag and powerful power units. Top speed is particularly important, so most cars are set-up […]
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Race Notes: • Felipe Massa finished sixth and Valtteri Bottas ninth in the Belgian Grand Prix • Both cars struggled at the start and lost positions during a difficult first stint. • An error at the first round of pitstops for Valtteri resulted in him being awarded a drive-through penalty and the rest of the race was damage limitation, so […]
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Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 7.004kms / 4.352 miles Qualifying Notes • Valtteri qualified third and Felipe seventh for tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix. • After making it through the first two sessions comfortably, Q3 ended with just 0.148s covering third to seventh. • A mistake on the final corner cost Felipe time on his final lap. Weather: Warm and Dry Temperature Air: 22 […]
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Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 7.004kms / 4.352 miles FP1 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 17 – 21°C / 21 – 29°C V. Bottas, FW37-04, PU106B Hybrid 1:52.511 (10th) F. Massa, FW37-02, PU106B Hybrid 1:52.653 (14th) Quickest Time: N. Rosberg, 1:51.082 FP2 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 22 – 24°C / 36 – 40°C V. Bottas, FW37-04, […]
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Rob Smedley Returning from the summer break we are all refreshed and absolutely raring to go; the team spirit and motivation at Williams is tangible as we look forward to challenging for podium positions in the second part of the year. Spa should be a circuit that suits the FW37 and we therefore have to capitalise on this. The long […]
Read more• Valtteri Bottas finished third and Felipe Massa thirteenth in the Belgian Grand Prix, with Valtteri picking up his fourth podium of the season. • Valtteri managed his tyres well and showed strong pace throughout the race to make a two-stop strategy work and make up three places in total to finish on the podium. • Felipe’s race was hindered […]
Read more• Valtteri Bottas qualified sixth and Felipe Massa ninth for tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix. • The changeable wet conditions were not ideal for the FW36 and traffic on their out laps in Q3 hindered the driver’s ability to get the full performance from the car. Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: These sort of variable wet conditions are always very […]
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