Former Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali is set to replace Chase Carey as CEO of Formula 1 it has been revealed. Domenicali, who led Ferrari between 2008 and 2014, oversaw their last title win, steering the Scuderia to the World Constructor’s title in his first season at the helm, only Read more…
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Overtaking is the thing all Formula 1 fans turn up to see. It’s what gets us all on the edge of our seats, and yet, if Formula 1‘s sole aim over the last five or six years was to eradicate overtaking through regulatory changes and off-track strategy, I doubt if Read more…
After an underwhelming qualifying on Saturday afternoon that would see Williams’ two drivers George Russell and Nicholas Latifi line up 18th and 19th respectively for Sunday’s Tuscan Grand Prix, mayhem in the race left Williams and George Russell tantalisingly close to their first points of the season. Shortly after the Read more…
Following Claire Williams decision to resign her position of Deputy Team Principal after last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza, it has today been announced that Williams’ Managing Director Simon Roberts will step in to the role on a (currently) acting basis. In doing so, Simon Roberts becomes Williams first Read more…
Following Claire Williams’ decision to step away from her job as Deputy Team Principal of Williams Racing last week, it was announced that this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix would be her last, and the last with Williams family involvement in the team her father Sir Frank Williams founded with Sir Read more…
It has long been recognised that four time Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel has a deep respect for Formula 1’s rich past, and he can now claim to own a part of it to go with his World Championship trophies he earned in his time with Red Bull Racing Read more…
Hot on the heels of this morning’s announcement that Claire Williams intends to vacate her (de-facto) Team Principal role at the team her father co-founded in 1977, it has now been announced that the Williams family too will have no representation on its board. Sir Frank and Claire, are joined Read more…
Well, there you have it. Williams Deputy Team Principal and daughter of co-founder Sir Frank Williams Claire Williams has today resigned her position and with it ends the Williams family’s half-century long involvement in Formula 1. It probably comes as a surprise to precisely nobody that – following last week’s Read more…
For the fifth time in a disrupted 2020 Formula 1 season, Williams driver George Russell made it through to the second part of qualifying, giving him a 15th place start for the Belgian Grand Prix at the legendary Spa Francorchamps circuit in Walloon, with team-mate Nicholas Latifi four places back Read more…
So it’s now been half a dozen days since Williams Racing was sold to New York investment firm Dorilton Capital for a reported £130 million, and we’ve all had a little while to let it sink in, to reflect, and to consider its implications. The Williams Formula 1 team, founded Read more…
