The 21st of August 2020 will be remembered as a momentous day in the history of the Williams Formula 1 Team as – after announcing earlier in the year that it was for sale/seeking investment – Williams Racing has today revealed that US Investment firm Dorilton Capital has acquired the Read more…
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Another day, another nonsense release from an F1 desperate for social media traction. This time they, and Amazon Web Services, have used ‘machine learning’ and ‘tapped into cloud computing’ to rank the top drivers of the last 40 years on pure speed, using data they’ve collected and processed from qualifying Read more…
We’re now into the bulk of a condensed 2020 Formula 1 season and Grands Prix are coming thick and fast. Last week saw the circus travel to Montmelo, just outside Barcelona, Spain for the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix. The row over Racing Point’s approach to their 2020 car design – Read more…
The weekend saw the second of two Grands Prix at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptionshire, this one titled ‘The 70th Anniversary Grand Prix’ to A. avoid having to call it ‘British Grand Prix II’ or ‘Silverstwo’ – and B. to commemorate the first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix, held there back Read more…
Williams Racing has announced the launch of a new virtual events platform that will allow partners, guests and fans behind the scenes on race day, giving them (or is it us? TBC!) access to garage tours, interviews with key team personnel and other Grand Prix related entertainment and features in Read more…
2019 Williams Racing driver, and one-time Formula 1 Grand Prix winner Robert Kubica finished the weekend with two 14th places in a field of 15 on his DTM debut at Spa Francorchamps. Following an acrimonious departure from the Williams F1 squad at the end of a difficult 2019 during which Read more…
Williams Racing’s George Russell sampled his third consecutive Q2 appearance at an eerily empty Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix, cementing his place in the top 15 fastest cars on in the field – a mighty leap from 2019 where both he and team-mate Robert Kubica were largely rooted Read more…
After a Grand Prix double header at the Red Bull Ring in Austria opened the truncated 2020 Formula 1 season, F1’s circus – these days a closed shop in an effort to prevent a COVID-19 breach that would most likely scupper any possibility of a decent length campaign – arrived Read more…
After a stellar showing in qualifying, expectations were high for Williams and its #1 driver George Russell going into Sunday’s Steiermark Grand Prix (or Styrian Grand Prix or Austrian Grand Prix #2 if you prefer). After all, it was both team and driver’s highest qualifying position in over a year Read more…
It’s been a long time coming, but a Williams Racing car has made it through to the second part of qualifying – or Q2 – for the first time since the Brazilian Grand Prix of 2018, some 24 races ago. George Russell posted the 12th quickest time in #Q1 ensuring Read more…
