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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: After a tricky season, it was good to finish with a productive and smooth day. Both Jack and Roy have driven the car several times this year, but for both to get a chance to have the car for a full day in the calm environment of a Young Driver Day was very valuable […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 15th and Nicholas Latifi 17th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix George started 16th with Nicholas lining up 18th both on the medium compound George ran a one-stop strategy, pitting on lap 10 for the hard Pirelli tyre under the Virtual Safety Car Nicholas stopped twice during the race, initially on lap 11 during the […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 18th and Nicholas Latifi 20th for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix George’s best time of Q1 was a 1:38.045 on his final effort Nicholas posted his quickest time of the session with a 1:38.443 on his second push lap Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: In the evening qualifying session, both drivers struggled with tyre […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: An interesting day during which we got a final chance to look at next year’s Pirelli tyres. It was good to welcome George back and he was able to spend some time in FP1 refamiliarising himself with the FW43. We spent the warmer afternoon session conducting some background work before we moved on to […]
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Race Notes Jack Aitken finished 17th in the Sakhir Grand Prix, and Nicholas did not finish due to a suspected oil leak which the team are now investigating Nicholas started 16th on the soft Pirelli tyre, with Jack lining up 17th on the medium compound Jack ran a three-stop strategy, pitting first for the hard Pirelli tyre on lap 31, […]
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Qualifying Notes Nicholas Latifi qualified 17th and Jack Aitken 18th for the Sakhir Grand Prix Nicholas continued to improve throughout the session, clocking his quickest lap on his final attempt with a 0:54.796 Jack’s fastest lap of the session, a 0:54.892, was also set on his last attempt in Q1 Congratulations to George Russell on second place on the grid, […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: It has been a fun evening getting to grips with the new Sakhir layout. The new corners are a bit bumpy in places, but they add to the character of the circuit and give the drivers a new challenge. The wind direction was quite different to last week and so even the corners that are […]
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Williams Racing can confirm that Jack Aitken will race in this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix alongside Nicholas Latifi. The 25-year-old takes the place of the team’s regular race driver George Russell, whom the team has released to drive for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team in Bahrain with Lewis Hamilton unable to race due to a positive COVID-19 test. Aitken is […]
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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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