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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: George was back in the car this morning, fresh from a strong performance during the race on Sunday. We took the opportunity to explore the 2020 tyre offering from Pirelli and completed a series of comparison runs on several of the proposed 2020 compounds, using the 2019 tyres as the baseline. We were able to […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 17th and Robert Kubica 19th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The Brit started 18th and Robert 19th on the grid, both on the hard Pirelli tyre Both drivers ran a one-stop strategy, Robert pitted first on lap 24 and George on lap 32, both for the medium Pirelli tyre Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 19th and Robert Kubica 20th for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The best times for the drivers were, 1:38.717 for George, and 1:39.236 for Robert Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: Using the information that we gathered yesterday evening, we made some small changes to the cars for qualifying, which enabled us to significantly close the […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We enjoyed a productive Friday as we conducted testing in the hot conditions of FP1 before turning our attention to qualifying and race preparation in FP2. The red flags in both sessions disrupted the flow a little, but, nonetheless, we adapted well and completed everything that we had planned. The cooler conditions in FP2, and […]
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We’re off to the United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi for the final round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship. The Yas Marina Circuit is dominated by a 1,233m long straight between turns seven and eight and is one of the longest tracks on the calendar. The iconic Yas Hotel provides a spectacular backdrop as the drivers race into […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: The third mosaic has the theme of Grove, with nine things pictured about the village including an aeroplane, a Williams F1 racing car and a Grove Rugby Club player. Millbrook Primary School, Grove, celebrates 50 years Telecommunications company ROKiT took a first step into motorsport by linking up […]
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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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