It’s long been hoped that when Formula 1 ushers in its new dawn at the beginning of 2021, that it will increase competition, redress the top heavy redistribution of its vast wealth and allow all teams to compete on a level playing field off-track. We’ve also been promised that the Read more…
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Williams’ George Russell admits that his Mexican Grand Prix, largely spent tucked up behind team-mate Robert Kubica, left him feeling frustrated at what could have been had his team switched the two, using team orders to allow him to attack the cars ahead of him. Russell made a great start to Read more…
On arriving at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix Williams hoped that they might be able to match rivals Haas and Alfa Romeo if not over a single lap then certainly for race pace. A new front wing that had given them (and us) much Read more…
The Williams Formula 1 team has announced a major new multi-year sponsorship deal with ROKiT drinks, the drinks division of current title sponsor ROKiT. The deal, beginning next year will see ROKiT drinks logos featured prominently on Williams’ new-for-2020 FW43 that everyone hopes will fare much better than the beleaguered Read more…
After studying mechanical engineering at university in Buenos Aires, Scalabroni left South America for Europe to join the Dallara group to oversee the then new-to-F3 Italian marque’s groundbreaking carbon-monocoque Formula 3 car for the 1983 season. On joining Williams in 1985 Scalabroni was instrumental in the redesign of the FW10‘s troublesome Read more…
George Russell has seen enough progress from Williams in a difficult 2019 to make him feel optimistic towards a second campaign with the team. Williams’ 2019 season began slowly when it was late to pre-season testing in Barcelona and the Williams FW42 proving to be the slowest car on the Read more…
Formula 1 has scrapped its idea for reverse grid qualifying races, due to be trialled in three races next year (France, Russia and inexplicably Belgium), as it failed to secure unanimous support from its ten teams in a vote on Wednesday. The official thinking behind the change was that qualifying Read more…
While Robert Kubica was making all the headlines in Japan (the Williams-related headlines anyway) with his ‘wing-gate’ (not to be confused with ‘Wingate’, the town in County Durham!) outburst, accusing his team of ‘crossing boundaries’ & fiendishly undermining him by doing exactly what they said they were going to do Read more…
The top bods at Formula 1 are seeking a way to make it possible to squeeze more Grand Prix on to the calendar as Liberty kick on with their expansion plans. Next year will see the first 22 race-long season up an average of one additional race every two years Read more…
Well, what a great Japanese Grand Prix for Williams!! …is what I look forward to writing one day in the not too distant future, rather than the weekly lament on the fortunes of a team that seem to be lurching from one low point to the next. Obviously not this Read more…
