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• Valtteri Bottas finished sixth and Felipe Massa ninth in the Italian Grand Prix • Valtteri had a good start, running P4 in the opening laps and battling with Hamilton. Running P5 for much of the race and opting for a two-stop strategy, he was ultimately overtaken by the quicker Red Bull of Ricciardo in the final stages of the […]
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•Valtteri Bottas qualified fifth and Felipe Massa 11th for the Italian Grand Prix •Both cars progressed from Q1 into Q2 after one run each on the supersoft tyre, with Valtteri advancing through in P8 and Felipe in P12 •Valtteri went out for one timed lap in Q2 on new supersofts, and his lap was enough to easily get him through […]
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FP1 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 26-28°C / 29-35°C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:24.785 (7th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid, 1:25.840 (14th) Quickest time: N. Rosberg 1:22.959 FP2 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 29-31°C / 40-43°C V Bottas, FW38-03, PU106C Hybrid, 1:24.299 (8th) F Massa, FW38-02, PU106C Hybrid, 1:24.556 (11th) Quickest time: L […]
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Pat Symonds Monza is an abnormal track as it has the highest average speed of any circuit we go to and a similar top speed to Baku. The average corner speed is quite low though so this leads to a totally different aerodynamic requirement to any other track. Therefore, most teams will be seen running a type of rear wing […]
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Felipe claimed his second podium of the season in front of a cheering Italian crowd in Monza today. Valtteri finished in fourth, pushing his teammate hard in the final laps. After good starts for both cars they ran third and fourth until Rosberg quicker pitstop allowed him to jump ahead of both cars after the one and only round of […]
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Qualifying Notes: • Felipe qualified fifth and Valtteri sixth for tomorrow’s Italian Grand Prix. • Despite Felipe improving on his second run in Q3, Rosberg jumped ahead in the final moments. • Williams locks out the third row of the grid for tomorrow’s race, half a second clear of the chasing pack. Weather: Warm and Dry Temperature: Air: 21-23°C, Track: […]
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Monza, Italy 5.7934kms / 3.599 miles FP1 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 19 – 22°C / 22 – 29°C V Bottas, FW37-04, PU106B Hybrid 1:27.075 (9th) F. Massa, FW37-02, PU106B Hybrid 1:26.936 (8th) Quickest Time: L. Hamilton, 1:24.670 FP2 Weather: Warm and Dry Air & Track Temperatures: 24 – 25°C / 32 – 36°C V Bottas, FW37-04, […]
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Rob Smedley Monza is a specialist circuit and, like the rest of the teams, we will be taking a dedicated aero package. It’s a great circuit and a challenge for both engineers and drivers to get right. There are some very high speed straights with big braking zones with some fast and medium speed corners too. Ascari is a real […]
Read moreRace Notes: Felipe Massa achieved his first podium for WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING as Valtteri Bottas finished in fourth position in today’s Italian Grand Prix. Felipe was up to third after the first lap, with a Mercedes and McLaren in front, whilst Valtteri suffered from wheel spin and slipped to 11th. Valtteri fought hard through the field both before and after […]
Read moreWILLIAMS MARTINI RACING locked out the second row of the grid for the Italian GP today, with Valtteri Bottas qualifying third and Felipe Massa fourth. Valtteri and Felipe were in third and fourth for all three qualifying sessions, and finished only a few tenths adrift of the top two Mercedes. Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: That’s the first step […]
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