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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “We don’t really have to do anything because Robert Kubica is our reserve driver. All we can do is wait for events to unfold” – Paddy Lowe
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Driver: Robert Kubica Chassis / Engine: FW41-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power+ Location: Hungaroring, 4.318 km Weather: Warm and dry Temperatures (min-max): Air 22-31ºC / Track 30-50ºC Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: We have ended what has been a successful test. We came here to predominately concentrate on 2019 aero specification and we have carried out every single […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix: “We are watching the situation closely. We already have a cooperation with Force India, which has our support. We are currently wondering if there might be a similar partnership with Williams.” – Toto Wolff Williams could be Mercedes ‘B team’ […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2018 German Grand Prix: “We do improve compared to ourselves and in certain areas we actually improve quite significantly. But then very often it is overridden, let’s say, by other, bigger factors.” – Sergey Sirotkin Other factors masking Williams’ F1 gains in 2018 “Of […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: In the wake of the British Grand Prix, three teams have stayed on to carry out the test. Haas are fielding Romain Grosjean, Williams have sent Robert Kubica, and Red Bull have sent Sebastien Buemi out. Pirelli tyre testing resumes at Silverstone Testing is underway! We are […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2018 British Grand Prix: “It’s a very well respected team. Frank’s values, the way he’s approached motor racing, is instilled in the team and continued by Claire in a great way – a sense of sportsmanship and humility around what we do.” – Paddy […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix: “Formula E is the perfect environment for this step into team management: it is full of potential, breaking the mould for traditional racing series, and the series is enjoying an exciting phase of expansion at the moment.” – Susie Wolff […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: It’s been a productive day. The weather looked a bit threatening throughout but we have managed to avoid any of the rain that was around in the hills and complete our full programme. It was good to have Robert back in the car as it was the first time since the Barcelona test. As always, […]
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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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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: “That’s what I’m looking at. I’m British, that helps in a British team.” Oliver Rowland hopes to persuade Williams F1 team to ‘take a punt’ “The Turnstile methodology will allow us to have more holistic discussions with commercial partners by recognising the full extent of our value […]
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