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Race Notes:– George Russell finished 14th and Nicholas Latifi 16th in the Spanish Grand Prix– The Brit started 15th and the Canadian 19th, both on the soft Pirelli tyre– George ran a two-stop race, pitting on lap 9 under the Safety Car and once again on lap 28, each time for the medium compound– Nicholas ran a three-stop strategy pitting […]
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Qualifying Notes: – George Russell qualified 15th and Nicholas Latifi 19th for the Spanish Grand Prix– George made it into Q2 for the fourth consecutive time this season, where he posted a 1:19.154 on a used set of the soft Pirelli tyres– Nicholas continued to improve throughout Q1, posting his quickest time with a 1:19.219– Congratulations to Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton […]
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: The track grip was quite low in FP1 and it was difficult to learn very much about the car. Roy did a good job once again and collected some useful data for us on one of our test parts. He also gave us a clear indication of the early balance weaknesses of the FW43B […]
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Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya plays host to the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend, with the team travelling across the border for the fourth round of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship. The circuit is very familiar amongst drivers, who are used to pounding around the 4.675km track for winter testing. However, a break from tradition means this will be our […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 17th and Nicholas Latifi 18th in the Spanish Grand Prix George started the race 18th on the soft compound tyre, with Nicholas lining up 19th on the medium George pitted twice, stopping on laps 19 and 35, taking on new sets of the medium tyre on both occasions Nicholas also ran a two-stop strategy, pitting […]
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Qualifying Notes George Russell qualified 18th and Nicholas Latifi 19th for the Spanish Grand Prix George set a 1:18.099, his best time of the session, on his second run Nicholas meanwhile improved on his final lap of his third run in Q1, posting a 1:18.532 Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: We have had a tough day today and we […]
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With almost the first six races of the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship in the book, we return to familiar ground this weekend as the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya plays host to the Spanish Grand Prix. The track has a good mix of high and low speed corners and is a circuit very familiar to both George and Nicholas, who […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: Picking up where he left off in Bahrain, and following some more very strong results in F2, Nicholas drove extremely well all day today. This allowed us to complete almost all the tests that we had planned. Over 134 laps, we completed a series of test programmes as we evaluated some new components and began some […]
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Race Notes George Russell finished 17th and Robert Kubica 18th in the Spanish Grand Prix Robert started 17th on the grid and George 19th both on the medium Pirelli tyre following a number of penalties for cars ahead Both drivers ran a two-stop race, pitting first for the soft tyres and once more for a new set of medium tyres with a stacked pitstop […]
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer: We were able to complete some useful testing during FP1 and FP2 today as we made up for the time lost in Baku two weeks ago. Conditions were good all day and the track seemed to offer decent grip throughout the day. Robert had a small issue on his car during FP2, which cost us some […]
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