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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2017 Italian Grand Prix “I read that with astonishment. I know nothing about it. I never negotiated with him—never sat at a table with him.” – Claire Williams Claire Williams Laughs Off Alonso Link to Williams F1 Team “There are lots of different things […]
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– Lance Stroll finished seventh with Felipe Massa eighth in the Italian Grand Prix – Both drivers started on the supersoft tyre with Lance dropping back to P3 on lap one whilst Felipe maintained position in P7 – Lance pitted from P5 for a set of soft tyres on lap 17 but suffered a slow pitstop – Felipe pitted on […]
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Q1 F. Massa 1:38.338 L. Stroll 1:37.653 Q2 F. Massa 1:37.456 L. Stroll 1:37.002 Q3 F. Massa 1:38.251 (9th) L. Stroll 1:37.032 (4th) Qualifying Notes – Lance Stroll qualified fourth with Felipe Massa ninth for the Italian Grand Prix – Qualifying was red-flagged for several hours due to poor weather conditions but both cars displayed excellent pace when the session […]
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FP1 Weather: Warm and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 22-23°C / 24-28°C F. Massa, FW40-01, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:23.561 (10th) L. Stroll, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:23.991 (13th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:21.537 FP2 Weather: Warm and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 25-28°C / 33-41°C F. Massa, FW40-01, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:22.985 (10th) L. […]
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Paddy Lowe Straight out of Spa we come to Monza which is another of the great circuits in Formula One. It is also one of my favourite tracks due to the passion you feel from the crowd (the “Tifosi”), and the history of the iconic track, which still has preserved sections of the old high banking. It is incredible that […]
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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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