Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer at Martini Williams Racing has weighed in with his opinion on the debate surrounding Fernando Alonso’s impending retirement from Formula 1. Paddy says: ‘It’s an absolute disgrace that F1 cannot give an ace like Fernando a competitive car…He is one of the all-time greats. And Read more…
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Just back from the mega city-state that is Singapore, which is, once a year, taken over by Grand Prix fever. I’m always struck by the diversity of the attendees of this Grand Prix in particular: perhaps by its setting at the heart of the city, the event is more accessible Read more…
I’ve just had time to sit down and enjoy Channel 4’s ‘Speed with Guy Martin Classic F1 Special’, which centres around everyone’s favourite truck mechanic, part-time Isle of Man TT rider and reluctant celebrity Guy Martin rebuilding a 1982 Williams FW08 and then ‘racing’ Jenson Button in an FW08B around Read more…
I just thought I’d do a little comparison of each of the team budgets (from Auto Bild) in Formula 1 for 2018 to see who’d providing value for money and who should be doing better. Team Budget* WCC position Position +/- £ per point (to date) Mercedes £400m 1 – Read more…
Building on a landmark qualifying where Lance Stroll took his Williams into Q3, a first for Williams in 2018, a disqualification for Romain Grosjean and HAAS in the race promoted Sergey Sirotkin to 10th place to join his team-mate Stroll in the points at Monza – another first for Williams Read more…
Lance Stroll has taken his Williams FW41 into Q3 for the first time in 2018, Williams being the last of the ten teams to have done so. Whatever happens from here on in, it’s going to be Stroll and Williams’ best qualifying of the season. Congrats guys, let’s see what Read more…
We’re currently between sessions at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and the big news is that both Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin have made it through to Q2, continuing to demonstrate the pace they’ve shown in practice throughout the weekend. This echoes what Stroll said after Spa about feeling Read more…
During Q2 for the Hungarian Grand Prix, Lance Stroll lost the rear exiting turn 9 resulting in him spearing across the track and planting the car nose-first in the barriers on the inside of the track, damaging the new and improved front wing of his Williams FW41. With Williams having Read more…
In a turbulent Formula 1 season that saw fatalities and career-ending accidents turn Formula 1 on its head, 1982 was the year that Keke Rosberg would see his Grand Prix ambitions realised with a first and only World Championship Drivers title. One of the remarkable things about that season was Read more…
Williams drivers Sergey Sirotkin and Lance Stroll finished today’s Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix in 12th and 13th place respectively, both gaining a number of positions in a chaotic turn 1, a frightening accident triggered by Nico Hulkenberg in the Renault (Hulk smash?) leading to a quarter of the field Read more…
