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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “Now we can confirm that Barcelona was a one-off. We are there, we are fighting, which is good not just in terms of the result but also mentally for all of us.” – Sergey Sirotkin Sirotkin convinced Monaco proves Williams has cleared F1 2018 nadir “Let’s say […]
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Race Notes Sergey Sirotkin finished 16th and Lance Stroll 17th in the Monaco Grand Prix Both cars started on the hypersoft Pirelli tyre, with Sergey starting 13th and Lance 17th Both cars made clean starts with each gaining a position on lap one On lap seven, Sergey was handed a 10-second stop-go penalty for a tyre infringement on the grid, […]
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Qualifying Notes Sergey Sirotkin qualified 13th and Lance Stroll 18th for the Monaco Grand Prix Both Sergey and Lance qualified on the hypersoft Pirelli tyre Sergey performed strongly in Q1 to end the session in P8, making it comfortably through to Q2 Lance endured a tricky session with yellow flags and a loose head rest interrupting his running, and failed […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: I think the drivers have done a commendable job. We’ve had a couple of issues, but I think for two young drivers trying to get as much track time as possible we certainly haven’t been particularly penalised so that’s good. We purposely kept the programmes simple to maximise track time and that has worked quite well. […]
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Paddy Lowe Monaco is a very special race on the F1 calendar. It’s a unique circuit with a great history. It is always seen as a destination event for the rich and famous, as well as being the only circuit which comes alive at the end of each day with Rascasse corner opening up to fans partying throughout the night. […]
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• Felipe Massa finished the Monaco Grand Prix ninth, whilst Lance Stroll was forced to retire due to high temperatures in the front left brake system • Both drivers began the 78-lap race on ultrasoft tyres, before switching to the supersofts. A safety car following a dramatic crash between Jenson Button and Pascal Wehrlein allowed Felipe to pit for a […]
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Q1 F. Massa 1:13.796 (9th) L. Stroll 1:14.893 (18th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:13.078 Q2 F. Massa 1:20.529 (15th) L. Stroll – Quickest time: K. Raikkonen 1:12.231 Q3 F. Massa – L. Stroll – Quickest time: K. Raikkonen 1:12.178 Qualifying Notes – Felipe Massa ended qualifying in 15th, with Lance Stroll 18th ahead of tomorrow’s Monaco Grand Prix – Lance […]
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FP1 Weather: Warm and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 21-22C / 28-39C F Massa, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:14.617 (11th) L Stroll, FW40-02, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:15.959 (16th) Quickest time: L. Hamilton 1:13.425 FP2 Weather: Warm and dry Air & Track Temperatures: 22-24C / 39-47C F Massa, FW40-03, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:14.003 (13th) L […]
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Weather: Wet and cool Temperature: Air: 22-24°C, Track: 33-38°C Race Notes • Felipe Massa finished 10th and Valtteri Bottas 12th in today’s Monaco Grand Prix • Felipe was able to take advantage of changing conditions throughout the race to move forward from his grid position as he switched from wet to intermediate and then dry tyres. But Valtteri lost time […]
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Qualifying Notes • Valtteri Bottas qualified 11th and Felipe Massa 14th for the Monaco Grand Prix • Both drivers comfortably progressed into Q2 after posting times of 1:15.521 (Valtteri, 12th) and 1:15.710 (Felipe, 15th) on ultrasoft tyres • The team’s performance at Monaco has improved from last year, but both drivers fell just short of making it into Q3 • […]
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