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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “I’d like to think this is worst-case scenario, so fingers crossed it can only get better.” – George Russell Russell hopes Bahrain was ‘worst-case scenario’ “At the time, we thought it would be for a month, a couple of months. And here we are a year later, […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “Frank Williams, for all the great successes he had, was extremely difficult as a person. He was the opposite of straight.” – Ralf Schumacher Williams wanted drivers to ‘hate each other’ “Bringing in someone of his calibre to our already experienced technical team will help drive the […]
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Race Notes – George Russell finished 14th whilst Nicholas Latifi had to retire on lap 52 due to a suspected boost leak in the Bahrain Grand Prix– The Brit started 15th and the Canadian 17th, both on the soft Pirelli tyre– George ran a two-stop race, pitting on laps 13 and 36, each time for the medium compound– Nicholas also made two planned […]
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Qualifying Notes– George Russell qualified 15th and Nicholas Latifi 17th for the Bahrain Grand Prix– George’s posted his fastest time of the session during Q1, with a 1:31.316 to make it through into Q2 for the first qualifying session of the year– Nicholas continued to improve throughout Q1 and posted his quickest time with a 1:31.936 Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: It was hot this afternoon, meaning that the tyre performance dominated the FP1 running. Both George and Nicholas completed their programmes and had no issues with the car. The cooler evening session offered more suitable conditions for qualifying and race preparation and we were able to complete useful running on both cars despite the […]
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Drivers: George RussellChassis / Engine: FW43B-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M12 E PerformanceLocation: Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain, 5.412 kmWeather: Hot and dry Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: We can be pleased with our day’s work today. The car ran reliably throughout, which is testament to the skill and effort of all those in Grove and at the track involved in […]
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Drivers: Nicholas LatifiChassis / Engine: FW43B-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M12 E PerformanceLocation: Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain, 5.412 kmWeather: Warm, sandy and dry Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: We had a busy day, completing 132laps without any major issues. The track changed throughout the day making comparisons difficult, but we were still able to complete some useful work. It was […]
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Drivers: Roy NissanyChassis / Engine: FW43B-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M12 E PerformanceLocation: Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain, 5.412 kmWeather: Warm, sandy and dry Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: Conditions were tough throughout the day, with high temperatures, strong winds and a lot of sand on the track this afternoon. This made performance testing very difficult, however, we were able to […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “They’re going to need to invest, the new investors, a lot of money. They are behind in revenue from finishing 10th in the championship, and doesn’t appear to have much sponsorship.” – Zak Brown New Williams owners need to “get their chequebook out” Of course, the spectre […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “He’s got some ideas, particularly about how he might like to change the clutch paddle, so the sort of ergonomics of what they do. That’s something we can look at over the winter.” – Dave Robson Russell suggesting Williams changes after Mercedes experience “Really this year was […]
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