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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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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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