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Not covering ourselves in glory I’ve held off from writing this season review as the excitement and interest for Williams fans seems to be never ending this year. As I write this in early February 2017 we are still waiting to hear who will be our technical lead for the season but I am getting ahead of myself. No matter […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “I think that the biggest change is that there has been less true development time on it – both time and wind tunnel runs” – Pat Symonds 2017 F1 car designs “very immature” “[Stroll] did pitstop practice and we had the full pitstop crew and pitstop practice […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “Pat has been a tremendous asset to this team over the past three years” – Claire Williams Tech chief Symonds parts ways with Williams F1 team “no agreement is in place between Williams and Felipe Massa.” Nicolas Todt Terms agreed for Felipe Massa’s return to Williams .@lance_stroll […]
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Williams today announces that Pat Symonds will be stepping down from the role of Chief Technical Officer of WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING at the end of 2016. Pat joined Williams towards the end of the 2013 Formula One season on a three-year contract, and in that time has helped oversee a strong turn around in the team’s performances on the race […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “People often underestimate the importance of continuity in a team.” – Pat Symonds Symonds says Williams must not let Bottas go to Mercedes Massa would provide the necessary experience Williams requires next season, should he decide he wants to return for a 15th year. Williams considering Massa […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Although there has been no official confirmation from either team on the situation, it is understood that Lowe has indicated that he will accept what Williams has to offer. Mercedes F1 tech chief Lowe set for shock Williams switch “With this we really are only touching the […]
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Pat Symonds After two high altitude races we now head right down to sea level in Abu Dhabi. Although a modern circuit, it is quite challenging with the high-speed areas of turns two and three, and turns 15 and 16, really testing the cars. However, the set-up also needs to allow good low-speed change of direction. The two long straights […]
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Pat Symonds We are expecting very poor weather in the lead up to the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend with a chance of showers on both Saturday and Sunday. We are hoping it will be dry, however we could see a situation similar to 2013 when the first real dry running we had was on race day. Interestingly, Pirelli have gone […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the Mexican Grand Prix “Here and in Mexico we are running with an experimental front wing, but it’s experimental rather than development, it’s a bit of a correlation exercise.” Pat Symonds Williams tried experimental 2017 front wing during US GP practice “It’s a fantastic pleasure […]
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Pat Symonds We still regard Mexico as a new venue as our rate of learning last year was rapid, but undoubtedly unfinished. That said, we were able to put one car on the podium here. Of course, the primary feature of the circuit is its altitude which tests the turbo charger of the power unit, as well as the vehicle’s […]
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