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Race Notes: – George Russell finished 14th and Nicholas Latifi 15th in the Monaco Grand Prix– George started 15th and Nicholas 18th, both on the medium Pirelli tyre– Both drivers ran a one-stop race, switching to the hard compound with George pitting on lap 31 and Nicholas on lap 43 Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: Today has been difficult […]
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Qualifying Notes: – George Russell qualified 15th and Nicholas Latifi 18th for the Monaco Grand Prix– George Russell reached Q2 once again, posting a personal best on his final flying lap with a 1:11.830– Nicholas continued to improve throughout his Q1 session, before finally setting a 1:12.016, his fastest lap of the session Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: The cooler conditions […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: We’ve had a useful and productive day here in Monaco. The circuit has proved challenging, but the car and the drivers have risen to that challenge well. We completed a lot of laps on all three of the Pirelli compounds and suffered no damage or issue. We have a day to go through the […]
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Round five of the 2021 Formula One World Championship brings us to the streets of Monte Carlo for perhaps the most famous race of the year, the Monaco Grand Prix. Encapsulating the sport’s glamour, heritage and precision, Circuit de Monaco runs through the centre of the Principality, with landmarks such as The Monte Carlo Casino and Monaco Opera House just metres […]
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Williams Racing will celebrate a landmark moment at the fifth race of the 2021 Formula One season, as the iconic British team becomes only the third in the sport’s history to participate in 750 Grands Prix. This significant achievement is being marked in the run up to the Monaco Grand Prix with a multi-channel campaign planned to highlight the incredible […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “We instilled lots of new engineering practices, but the next part of the journey was R&D investment and that never happened.” – Rob Smedley ‘Williams F1 never invested enough in R&D’ BBC Sport spends time in Monaco with Williams driver George Russell as he takes us through […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 15th and Robert Kubica 18th in the Monaco Grand Prix The Brit started 19th on the medium Pirelli tyre, and Robert 20th on the grid on the medium Both drivers ran a one-stop race, with George pitting on lap 10 and Robert on 21, both for the hard Pirelli tyres Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We had a busy race today, […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 19th and Robert Kubica 20th for the Monaco Grand Prix George continued to improve on his time with a 1:13.477 on his final flying lap of Q1 to finish P19 Robert’s best time of the session was a 1:13.751 to finish P20 Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: The performance of the car is still disappointing but nonetheless today’s […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: As is usually the case in Monaco, normal Free Practice testing is largely put on hold whilst we spend time acclimatising to the unique nature of Monaco. Our programme in FP1 centred on giving the drivers enough track time to build-up their confidence in the car, and allowing the engineers to check that we have the […]
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This weekend we head to the coast of the Mediterranean and the crown jewel in the F1 calendar, the Monaco Grand Prix, a race that needs no introduction. The streets of Monte Carlo leave little margin for error, the tight and twisty circuit being highly unforgiving and demanding the very best from both car and driver. Robert and George are […]
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