Williams: We have a much better set-up for the race
Team and drivers report from Chinese Grand Prix qualifying at Shanghai International Circuit, Round 3 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship. Qualifying Notes Pastor Maldonado qualified 15th with Valtteri Bottas 17th for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix. Pastor progressed into Q2, pushing to get the maximum he could out of the FW35 today, but after [...]
Williams announces partnership with Dom Reilly Limited
Williams F1 Team announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Dom Reilly Limited, which has become an Official Supplier of the team. The partnership will see a range of Dom Reilly luggage and luxury accessories used by all race team personnel as they travel the world. The Founder and CEO, Dominic Reilly, spent [...]
Chinese Grand Prix: Williams preview Shanghai
Team and drivers preview the Chinese Grand Prix, Round 2 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship, at Shanghai International Circuit. Mike Coughlan, Technical Director: After a difficult two races we’ve been back at the factory going through the data to try to understand where we need to improve. We feel we have a better [...]
Barrichello would race in F1 again for the pleasure
Veteran Rubens Barrichello has admitted he would happily step back into an F1, to race one more time just for “the pleasure and passion”. The Brazilian, who holds the record for the longest ever Grand Prix career in history, lost his Williams drive at the end of 2011, turning to Indycar and now Brazil’s touring [...]
Frank Williams promotes daughter Claire to be his deputy
The Williams Formula One team laid out their succession plans on Wednesday by appointing Claire Williams as deputy principal to her father Frank. The former world champions said in a statement that Williams, 36, would work with the 70-year-old team founder, who remains at the helm, in a ‘pivotal role’ in the day to day [...]
Struggling Williams could revert to 2012 exhaust
Williams could revert to the exhaust system used on their 2012 car, after struggling for pace and handling with the new FW35 so far this season. Technical boss Mike Coughlan admitted to ESPN that the main problem has been the ‘Coanda’ aerodynamic exhaust principle, which Grove based Williams is using for the first time in [...]
Williams: We improved but still have work to do
Team and drivers report from the Malaysian Grand Prix, Round 2 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship, at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur. Race Notes Valtteri Bottas missed out on his first Formula One points finish by 1.486 seconds in today’s Malaysian Grand Prix. A rain shower shortly before the start meant both [...]
Williams: We feel we’ve made some small steps forward
Team and drivers report on qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, Round 2 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship, at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur. Qualifying Notes Pastor Maldonado qualified 16th with Valtteri Bottas 18th for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The team has been pushing hard to improve the performance of the FW35 around [...]
Williams: We haven’t made the progress we had hoped for
Team and drivers report from day one of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend, Round 2 of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship, at Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur. Objectives: Set-up work, tyre testing and long runs. Mike Coughlan, Technical Director: We haven’t made the progress we had hoped for today. We need to look [...]