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Race Notes George Russell finished 16th and Robert Kubica 19th in the Hungarian Grand Prix Both drivers started on the hard Pirelli tyre, George 15th and Robert 19th on the grid George ran a one-stop race, pitting on lap 16 for the hard Pirelli tyre Robert also pitted once during the race, on lap 18 for the hard Pirelli tyre Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: The […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 16th and Robert Kubica 20th for the Hungarian Grand Prix George set his best time, a 1:17.031 on his final effort to finish P16 Robert posted a 1:18.324 on his last lap of the session Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We enjoyed a productive morning making full use of the additional set of dry tyres available in FP3 […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: The conditions again have made for a challenging day, with rain influencing both sessions. This morning there was light drizzle although the track stayed largely dry, which enabled us to complete most of our original plan. This afternoon was more challenging, but we were able to get a few laps in on the dry tyres either […]
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We’ve reached the midway point of the 2019 season as Hungary marks the final stop on the calendar before teams are rewarded with a well-earned break during the annual summer shutdown. The Hungaroring is one of the shortest tracks on the calendar, and its popularity amongst drivers, teams and fans doesn’t go unnoticed for its location near the beautiful city […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2018 Hungarian Test: “I question whether I’m the right person to be doing this job. If anyone in Williams says to my face that I was damaging the team, then I would go.” – Claire Williams Claire Williams considers quitting F1 “I think everyone […]
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Driver: Robert Kubica Chassis / Engine: FW41-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ Location: Hungaroring, 4.318 km Weather: Warm and dry Temperatures (min-max): Air 22-31ºC / Track 30-50ºC Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: We have ended what has been a successful test. We came here to predominately concentrate on 2019 aero specification and we have carried out every single […]
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Driver: Oliver Rowland Chassis / Engine: FW41-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ Location: Hungaroring, 4.318 km Weather: Warm, mostly dry with some rain Temperatures: Air 29ºC / Track 51ºC Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: It was a good day for the team. We had spent a long time preparing for this event, concentrating on 2019 aero regulations. The […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix: “We are watching the situation closely. We already have a cooperation with Force India, which has our support. We are currently wondering if there might be a similar partnership with Williams.” – Toto Wolff Williams could be Mercedes ‘B team’ […]
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Race Notes Sergey Sirotkin finished 16th and Lance Stroll 17th in the Hungarian Grand Prix Sergey started the race from P19 on the soft Pirelli tyre Lance was forced to start the race from the pitlane, after changing his front wing during parc fermé following his accident in Saturday’s qualifying session Both cars made clean starts and gained positions on […]
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Lance Stroll qualified 15th and Sergey Sirotkin 20th for the Hungarian Grand Prix Both drivers started a wet Q1 session on the intermediate tyre, but pitted for the ultrasoft after one flying lap Lance and Sergey improved during the session as the track started to dry, with Lance progressing into Q2 A sudden downpour hit the track in Q2, with […]
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