Okay, okay. So it’s as a result of Force India’s entry being annulled in the aftermath of their buyout, and the all-new ‘Racing Point Force India’ entry being introduced, starting from zero points, and yes, the new team will more than likely pick up more than the four points Williams Read more…
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This week I paid a visit to a staple of the Formula 1 calendar between the early 1950s and the mid-1980s, Circuit Park Zandvoort. Set in the sand dunes of the west coast of The Netherlands, about 30km west of Amsterdam and a mere 250 metres from the beach, it Read more…
Having narrowly missed out on the formula 1 World Drivers Championship on three previous occasions in 1986, 1987, and 1991, all whilst driving for Williams, fans’ favourite Nigel Mansell finally cracked it on this day in 1992, finishing second to the late great Ayrton Senna in the Hungarian Grand Prix Read more…
The relationship between Haas and Ferrari has undoubtedly changed the dynamic of Formula 1 in a very short space of time. The cross pollination of teams is seriously impacting traditionally independent teams such as Williams and fellow British ‘garagista’ and once great McLaren who now find themselves as odd-ones-out in Read more…
With a Lawrence Stroll led consortium having taken control of Force India from Vijay Mallya, the obvious question for fans of its competition is ‘what are the consequences for us?’ This is particularly true of Williams, the two teams sharing not only an engine supplier, but much of the same Read more…
Ex-Williams Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has rejected claims by Lance Stroll that the veteran did not give him any form of help in his maiden season with the team. In an attempt to downplay the benefit of having a more experienced team-mate after the Brazilian was replaced by Sergey Read more…
Following his successful test at the Circuit de Catalunya bolted-on to the Spanish Grand Prix earlier in the season, Williams young driver Oliver Rowland is back in the hot-seat for Williams in the last official Formula 1 test before the summer break. With his sights firmly on a drive in Read more…
A tricky qualifying saw Williams drivers Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin place 15th and 20th respectively on the timesheets after three enthralling dry/wet sessions. Sirotkin’s efforts were hampered by traffic in Q3 and so his day ended there, while Stroll made it through to Q2, but was caught out by Read more…
Lance Stroll posted a time of 1.20.012 in first practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix; a time that was good enough to place him in 14th ahead of both Force Indias and Saubers. His team-mate Sergey Sirotkin meanwhile split the Saubers in 19th with a time of 1.20.307. Both drivers Read more…
Discussions are underway for Williams to use Mercedes gearboxes from next year according to motorsport.com No doubt spurred on by the team’s current predicament and by the success the Haas Formula 1 team is having while taking as many Ferrari developed and built parts as they are allowed under the Read more…
