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Race Notes George Russell finished 12th and Nicholas Latifi 14th in the Bahrain Grand Prix George started 14th on the medium Pirelli tyre, with Nicholas lining up 20th on the hard compound The race was red flagged on lap one due to an horrific crash for Romain Grosjean, with both drivers taking a new set of medium tyres in the […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 14th and Nicholas Latifi 20th for the Bahrain Grand Prix George secured yet another Q2 appearance, his ninth of the season so far, before posting a 1:31.218 on his only timed lap of the second session on a set of the used soft tyres Nicholas’ fastest lap of the session, a 1:30.182, was set on […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: Although there was some overnight and morning rain, we were able to complete the programmes as intended. Roy did an excellent job and completed all of his test items, providing some very useful feedback, including on the new 2021 Pirelli tyres. FP2 was fully dry but interrupted by several red flags, which disrupted our […]
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From one Hermann Tilke circuit to the next, the team heads to the Persian Gulf for the next two rounds of the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship held in Bahrain. The first weekend will take place on the regular 5.412km Bahrain International Circuit layout, a track that usually provides great racing and overtaking, crowned by the tight, downhill, off-camber […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 16th whilst Nicholas Latifi retired from the Turkish Grand Prix George and Nicholas both started from the pitlane on the intermediate compound tyre George ran a two-stop race, pitting on laps 32 and 42 each time for the intermediate Pirelli tyre The team retired the car of Nicholas Latifi due to damage following a collision […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 18th and Nicholas Latifi 20th in an eventful Qualifying session ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix George set his quickest lap on his final effort, setting a time of 2:10.017 Nicholas meanwhile set a 2:21.611 on his first timed lap but was unable to improve throughout the rest of the session George will be required […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: Today was a difficult day throughout, with the tyres really struggling to generate temperature on the new track surface. This caused a few issues this morning and prevented us from doing any useful testing. The programme was adapted to allow us to learn what we could, but it was still a very difficult session. […]
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After a week off, Formula One heads to Intercity Istanbul Park, one of Hermann Tilke’s finest creations. The circuit had not hosted a Formula One race in nine years before being announced to return for the 2020 Formula One World Championship after major schedule changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 5.3km layout is a new track for […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “George, you were giving it your all. It’s ok to make mistakes and it’s ok to feel the pain. I’ve made more than I can remember. You’re great bud. Keep your head up and keep pushing, on to the next one!” – Lewis Hamilton Hamilton, Grosjean and […]
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Race Notes Nicholas Latifi finished 11th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, whilst George Russell unfortunately crashed out of the race under the safety car George started 13th, with Nicholas lining up 19th, both on the medium compound tyre Nicholas ran a one-stop race, pitting on lap 34 for the hard Pirelli tyre After stopping on lap 11 for the […]
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