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Race Notes – George Russell finished 13th and Nicholas Latifi 16th in the São Paulo Grand Prix– Nicholas started 16th and George 17th, both on the medium Pirelli tyres– George stopped twice, initially pitting under the safety car on lap seven and subsequently under racing conditions on lap 41, taking new hard tyres at each stop– Nicholas also ran a two-stop race, taking […]
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Qualifying Notes – Nicholas Latifi finished 16th and George Russell 17th in today’s Sprint Qualifying for the São Paulo Grand Prix– Nicholas lined up 16th and George 17th, both on the medium Pirelli tyres– After both drivers lost a position to the fast-starting Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap, they both gained a place back due to a spin for Kimi […]
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Qualifying Notes– Nicholas Latifi qualified 17th and George Russell 18th ahead of Sprint Qualifying at the São Paulo Grand Prix– Nicholas improved on each of his three runs throughout the session, all on the soft compound tyre, ultimately setting a best time of 1:09.897– George also improved throughout Q1 and posted a 1:09.953 using the soft tyre on his final run but, […]
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Brazil plays host to Round 19 of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship this weekend, with the famous Interlagos circuit the venue for the inaugural São Paulo Grand Prix. The sweeping turns of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace have created incredible drama over the years and races that will last long in the memory, so it is no surprise […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “The situation has been horrifically challenging and very difficult, but I’m always motivated by the people we have in this team, and they’ve never shown any signs of giving up, so I wasn’t going to either.” – Claire Williams Criticism ‘just makes me fight even harder’ “They […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 12th and Robert Kubica 16th in the Brazilian Grand Prix The Brit started 18th and Robert 19th on the grid, both on the medium Pirelli tyre George ran a three-stop race, pitting first for the medium on lap 23 and then twice again for the softs on laps 54 and 66 Robert ran a four-stop […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 18th and Robert Kubica 19th for the Brazilian Grand Prix The driver’s best times were, 1:10.126 for George, and 1:10.614 for Robert Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: The team worked incredibly hard last night to build a replacement chassis for Robert following his crash yesterday. The warmer conditions helped the tyre performance today and we […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: The heavy overnight rain was supplemented by further showers before and during FP1. This is quite common in Sao Paulo in November and we had a suitable programme prepared, which we would have executed successfully but for the red flag at the end of the session. George and Nicholas drove very well in the wet […]
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It’s time for the penultimate round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship, the Brazilian Grand Prix. Autódromo José Carlos Pace, more commonly referred to as Interlagos, provides drivers and engineers with many challenges, not least because the track runs in an anti-clockwise direction and is at high altitude, which makes it tough on power units. The carnival atmosphere in […]
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Race Notes Sergey Sirotkin finished 16th and Lance Stroll 18th in the Brazilian Grand Prix Both cars started the race on the soft compound Pirelli tyre, with Sergey 14th and Lance 19th on the grid Sergey made his first and only pitstop for the medium tyre on Lap 16 Lance pitted a lap later, again for the medium tyre and made his second and […]
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