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It’s no secret that when Ralf Schumacher left Williams for Toyota in 2004, he did so under somewhat of a cloud. Schumacher jnr had been asked to take a pay cut of £5m by Sir Frank Williams and Sir Patrick Head after being routinely outclassed by team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya Read more…

These are uncertain times for everyone in Formula 1. Renault have cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, McLaren – a much smaller operation – has announced 1200 job losses. There is even some uncertainty around world champions Mercedes’ long term future in the sport. And, of course, Williams announced recently that Read more…

Three time world champion Ayrton Senna had a Williams contract ready to sign ahead of the 1992 Formula 1 season, claims his former manager Julian Jakobi. Speaking in the ‘Beyond the Grid‘ podcast, Jakobi says that the 1991 World Champion believed that Williams were stealing a march on his McLaren Read more…

There’s a time in any given Formula 1 season that rumours begin to start about which drivers will or might be driving where the following season. It’s typically around August/September time, and can run until the very end of the season before it’s concluded. We call this ‘silly season’. It’s Read more…

It’s been a while since we had any proper Formula 1 news to talk about – COVID-19 has pretty much seen to that. However, Williams Racing hasn’t been sitting on its hands, clock-watching until we’re all allowed to go racing again. They’ve made good use of the time to bring Read more…

It may have slipped your notice, but I’ve been on an enforced absence from anything computer related as a result of a nasty bout of COVID-19 (from which I am now fully recovered, thankfully!) Even without the pox, I probably wouldn’t have been quite as prolific in writing these blogs Read more…

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