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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Eight long years of turmoil, tragedy, of missed and wasted opportunity, of false starts and disappointment – the same length of time as the current drought – preceded what was Frank Williams’s last chance to really make his F1 ambitions stick as he’d always belligerently believed they […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: According to the Polish press, the deal said to be worth at least 10 million US dollars per season. PKN Orlen is branding will be prominent on Williams cars, as well as driver helmets, team overalls and apparel. Polish funds and talent head for Williams F1 Heaney […]
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A round-up of interesting Williams related stories found on the web this week: Pictures from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: “It’s a long road, they’re a talented bunch there, there are some really good technical people, some really good engineers and a good management group and the trick now is they have to pull together and start to go in […]
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Race Notes Lance Stroll finished 13th and Sergey Sirotkin 15th in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Both cars started the race on the supersoft Pirelli tyre, with Sergey 19th and Lance 20th on the grid Both drivers made clean starts, Lance running as high as 10th and Sergey in 15th during the middle stage of the race Sergey made his first and only pitstop on Lap […]
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Qualifying Notes Sergey Sirotkin qualified 19th and Lance Stroll 20th for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Both drivers qualified on the hypersoft Pirelli tyre Sergey set a time of 1:38.635 on his final flying lap in Q1 to finish 19th Lance bettered his second flying lap to a 1:38.682 but was unable to improve his position finishing the session in 20th Paddy […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: It’s great to be back in Abu Dhabi and to be reaching the end of a very long season. Practice in Abu Dhabi is tricky because FP1 is in very hot, sunny conditions at 1pm whereas FP2 in the evening is far more representative of qualifying and the race. As usual, we did a lot of […]
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Paddy Lowe We head to Abu Dhabi this weekend for the final race of what has been a challenging year for the team. Abu Dhabi itself is a fantastic location for Formula One with a great party atmosphere in and around the paddock to end a long season. The Yas Marina Circuit is also impressive and with both qualifying and […]
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Race Notes Sergey Sirotkin finished 16th and Lance Stroll 18th in the Brazilian Grand Prix Both cars started the race on the soft compound Pirelli tyre, with Sergey 14th and Lance 19th on the grid Sergey made his first and only pitstop for the medium tyre on Lap 16 Lance pitted a lap later, again for the medium tyre and made his second and […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: It’s great to be back at Interlagos. The cars come around very quickly due to this being a short circuit, meaning life on the pitwall and in the garage is quite intense. We had a lot of problems with traffic today and both drivers struggled to get a fully clear lap when on their one lap […]
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Paddy Lowe The Autódromo José Carlos Pace presents several challenges to teams. It is a short track at just 4.3kms which means qualifying in particular is normally extremely close. Choosing the right set-up compromise is also important given the long sweeping start/finish straight combined with a tricky infield section. Sao Paulo is also at high altitude, so the power unit […]
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