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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “The situation has been horrifically challenging and very difficult, but I’m always motivated by the people we have in this team, and they’ve never shown any signs of giving up, so I wasn’t going to either.” – Claire Williams Criticism ‘just makes me fight even harder’ “They […]
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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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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: i hoped so hard for a better outcome of your last home GP. but don't forget you touched so many hearts, @MassaFelipe19!! see you in AD 🙌🏻🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/RVtR3akBiP — Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) November 15, 2016 “We get such great support from the fans and we can’t wait […]
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– Valtteri Bottas finished 11th and Felipe Massa retired from the Brazilian Grand Prix – The start was delayed due to heavy rain and a series of safety car periods and two red flags, on laps 21 and 28, broke the race into several segments – Both drivers lost track position when the first red flag penalised their early switch […]
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Q1 F. Massa 1:12.432 (8th) V. Bottas 1:12.680 (9th) Quickest time: L Hamilton 1:11.511 Q2 V. Bottas 1:12.420 (11th) F. Massa 1:12.521 (13th) Quickest time: L Hamilton 1:11.238 Q3 V. Bottas – F. Massa – Quickest time: L Hamilton 1:10.736 Qualifying Notes • Valtteri Bottas qualified 11th and Felipe Massa 13th for the Brazilian Grand Prix. • Valtteri’s single run […]
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FP1 Weather: Hot and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 26-29C / 36-46C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:13.129 (5th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid, 1:13.318 (8th) Quickest time: L Hamilton, 1:11.895 FP2 Weather: Hot and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 30-32C / 46-54C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:12.761 (3rd) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid, 1:12.789 (4th) Quickest time: L. […]
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Pat Symonds We are expecting very poor weather in the lead up to the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend with a chance of showers on both Saturday and Sunday. We are hoping it will be dry, however we could see a situation similar to 2013 when the first real dry running we had was on race day. Interestingly, Pirelli have gone […]
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