Just in case you’ve been in a coma for the past couple of months, Robert Kubica will make his Formula 1 Grand Prix debut for Williams at the 2019 Australian Grand Prix in March of next year. Kubica returns to Formula 1 after an unprecedented absence of eight years as Read more…
After the worst season in Williams’ history, Chief Technical Officer Paddy Lowe knows that a lot hinges on the team’s new car, the Williams FW42 and the team’s 2019 Formula 1 season. The car will be Williams’ second under Lowe’s tenure, and another car like it would surely jeopardise Lowe’s Read more…
nepotism /ˈnɛpətɪz(ə)m/ noun The practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. In a sensational and wholly unexpected turn of events, a guy who runs a Formula 1 team has a new driver, and claims his new driver is already as Read more…
In an interview with motorsport.com Sergey Sirotkin has expressed his disappointment in parting company with Williams and being denied an opportunity to put right the wrongs of 2018. With his Williams future out of his control, his financial backers SMP Racing attempted to re-negotiate a cut-price deal for the Russian Read more…
Brian McGuire? Who’s Brian McGuire you might ask? I have to admit to not knowing who he was either until I read Joe Saward’s excellent blog post on the 8th December 2018. Despite never driving for the Williams Formula 1 team Brian McGuire, a friend & compatriot of future Williams Read more…
2018 Williams Racing driver Sergey Sirotkin has been given an opportunity to test for Audi in their DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters/German Touring Cars) car at Jerez in southern Spain. The Russian will test alongside Mattia Drudi, Benoit Treluyer, Frederic Vervisch, Andreas Bakkerud, Jonathan Aberdein and Sacha Fenestraz with a view to driving for the Read more…
An article titled ‘Williams admits team needs Kubica’s “fighting spirit”‘ by Scott Mitchell appeared yesterday on motorsport.com in which he quotes Williams Deputy Team Principal Claire Williams as saying: “I really enjoy his company, just his fighting spirit. We need that in this team at the moment.“ But is ‘fighting Read more…
Mercedes team boss and CEO Toto Wolff has admitted that the change in aerodynamic regulations Formula 1 is introducing for 2019 could open up loopholes for teams to exploit, and could give any team on the grid the opportunity to come up with a device giving it a race-winning advantage Read more…
In a turn of events that could have repercussions for the Mercedes powered Williams team in 2019, Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 (to give them their official title!)’s CEO and Team Principal Toto Wolff has admitted today that “we’ve had a little bit of a setback on the engine side where Read more…
In September 2018, with great fanfare, Formula 1 announced that a deal had been signed between them and Interregional Sports Group, provider of ‘state-of-the-art virtual advertising technologies and sports sponsorship’ to promote in-race betting on the outcome of Grands Prix, using live data gathered by F1 during a race. This Read more…
