Klien drives Williams simulator as Austrian influence grows
May 14 (GMM) An Austrian influence is growing at Williams, the illustrious British F1 team. A 15 per cent shareholder within the team is Christian ‘Toto’ Wolff, and, given Adam Parr’s recent departure he is now tipped as Sir Frank Williams’ natural successor. Indeed, now a regular presence at grands prix, his influence is clearly [...]
Williams: Genuine cohesiveness, camaraderie and spirit of co-operation in F1
May 14 (Apex) Sir Frank Williams welcomed his staff back at the team’s Grove headquarters after their harrowing ordeal in Barcelona after the Spanish Grand Prix, when a massive fire broke out in their pit garage injuring several team members, one of which remains hospitalised in Spain. In a statement, Williams also applauded rival teams [...]
Williams F1 count the costs of damage after scary blaze in Spain
May 14 (GMM) The day after marking its first win in eight years, the once-great Williams team is counting its losses after their pit garage in Barcelona was gutted by a fire which started while they celebrated Pastor Maldonado’s victory in the Spanish GP. “Everything in our garage is totally destroyed,” said team manager Dickie [...]
Maldonado gets presidential thumbs up after maiden victory in Spain
May 13 (Reuters) Pastor Maldonado started Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix with the expectation of a nation on his back and ended it as a winner, hoisted aloft on the shoulders of champions and covered in champagne. Then, with his Williams team garage in flames and the pit lane filled with thick black smoke, he carried [...]
Vettel still leads championship despite hard day at the office in Spain
May 14 (F1 Media) Sebastian Vettel remains in control of the Formula Drivers’ Championship, despite enduring what the Red Bull Racing driver called a “hard day at the office” at the Spanish Grand Prix, at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Vettel started seventh and climbed to sixth but dropped to ninth when he was [...]
Hamilton happy, Button not after bittersweet Spanish GP for McLaren
May 14 (F1 Media) It was two differing stories at McLaren, after the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, as Lewis Hamilton professed himself satisfied with his run to eighth in the race while Jenson Button was disconsolate with ninth. Having started from the back of the grid, Hamilton was the only driver to run a [...]
Marussia: We’ve not made the progress with the car we wanted
May 13 (Marussia Press Release) This weekend has confirmed that the performance is in the package, but the package did not quite perform for the Marussia F1 Team in today’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. Timo Glock finished in 18th place after a long battle of a race, in which he struggled [...]
Ferrari: We can say we achieved both our goals
May 13 (Ferrari Press Release) Another two sided afternoon for Scuderia Ferrari, with one driver on the podium and one out of the points. Fernando Alonso finished second at the end of a race in which he was in contention for the win from start to finish, while Felipe Massa finished fifteenth, having been given [...]
Maldonado: My first podium, my first victory, you can imagine what I feel
May 13 (FIA transcript edited by Apex) It is always a great day for Formula One when a driver scores a maiden victory. Earlier this year we saw Nico Rosberg break into the winner’s circle, and after the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona Pastor Maldonado became the 104th grand prix winner and the first Venezuelan [...]