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Williams prepare to fight back with the FW34 |
2012-02-07 17:42:00 |
| Following a disastrous 2011 season, Williams opened a new chapter in their history on Tuesday as they unveiled their 2012 car, the Renault-powered FW34, at Jerez in Spain. This year marks the team's 35th year competing in the sport which they will do with a revitalised line-up.
Bruno Senna partners Pastor Maldonado after a considered winter evaluation process, while Finn Valtteri Bottas completes the driver line-up as official reserve, taking part in most of the season's Friday practice sessions
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Williams launches new FW34 car |
2012-02-07 16:00:00 |
Williams became the latest team to launch its 2012 Formula 1 car when it unveiled the FW34 in the Jerez pitlane just before the start of the opening pre-season test on Tuesday.
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Hulkenberg Q&A: I can't wait to race again |
2012-02-03 21:30:00 |
| After excelling in the Williams in 2010, Nico Hulkenberg spent last year sitting on the bench as Force India's third driver. Now promoted to a 2012 race seat, Hulkenberg is impatient to restart his competitive Formula One career and get his first taste of the newly-launched VJM05
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Top ten the target - Gillan |
2012-01-24 22:51:13 |
| Williams chief operations engineer Mark Gillan says that the team has set itself the target of regular top ten qualifying and race performances, and that it is on track at present
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Has brilliant Barrichello bowed out for good? |
2012-01-19 19:39:00 |
| Brazilian loyalties were torn asunder earlier this week. After the news that Bruno Senna had secured a drive with Williams there was celebration but also commiseration within the South American country.
Senna's opportunity at the British team means that compatriot Rubens Barrichello - a great friend of Bruno's late uncle Ayrton - is left without a Formula One seat for the first time in two decades...
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Rejuvenated Williams targeting brighter 2012 season |
2012-01-19 00:35:00 |
| There's no doubting the 2011 season was a bitter pill for Williams to swallow. Ninth in the standings after scoring five points was their worst-ever campaign. But rather than going to ground, the British team are intent on making amends to their steadfast fans and fighting their way back up the order.
As a result, changes have been afoot at their Oxfordshire base for some time, with a new engine courtesy of Renault, a revised technical team and - most recently - a new driver in Bruno Senna just some of the alterations underway. And chief operations engineer Mark Gillan is hopeful they will make a difference and that the team could be back fighting in the top ten in 2012.
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Senna to race for Williams in 2012 |
2012-01-17 21:25:00 |
| Williams have announced on Tuesday that Bruno Senna will contest the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship for the team. Senna, who is the nephew of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, replaces Rubens Barrichello as Pastor Maldonado's team mate.
I feel very privileged that Williams has selected me as one of their race drivers, said the Brazilian. The team has a great heritage and I hope I can help write a good chapter in their history. The evaluation process has been intense and methodical but the time I have spent in the factory has demonstrated that the team has great people and all the resources needed to achieve better things this season.
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Williams sign Senna for 2012 |
2012-01-17 18:30:00 |
Brazilian Bruno Senna has signed to race for Williams in 2012. His uncle Ayrton is a former driver for the team, and was driving for them when he was killed at Imola in 1994.
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Williams team up with Michael Johnson to boost pit performance |
2012-01-12 00:37:00 |
| Williams have announced a new partnership with Michael Johnson Performance Inc (MJP), a company founded by Olympic gold medallist and world record holder, Michael Johnson. MJP trains top-level athletes in all sports and as part of the sponsorship agreement will devise a training programme for the British team's pit crew.
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New Williams to debut at Jerez test |
2012-01-01 01:04:00 |
| Williams will unveil their 2012 car, the FW34, at the first pre-season test. The four-day session will get underway at Spain's Jerez circuit on February 7.
The British team endured their worst-ever campaign in 2011, scoring just five points and finishing ninth in the standings. They are targeting a return to form this year with a new engine, courtesy of Renault, and a revised technical team.
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Exclusive Q&A with Force India's Nico Hulkenberg |
2011-12-21 21:35:00 |
| After a frustrating season sitting on the sidelines as a third driver, Force India's Nico Hulkenberg will return to racing in 2012 after replacing outgoing driver Adrian Sutil in the team's line-up.
Hulkenberg, who made waves during his debut Formula One season when he clinched a fantastic pole position in Brazil in 2010 for then team Williams, is thrilled to be back on the grid and is now targeting similar successes in 2012. The Geman...
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Hulkenberg joins Di Resta in Force India's 2012 line-up |
2011-12-17 00:37:00 |
| Force India have announced that Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg will race for the team in 2012. Di Resta made his F1 debut with the Silverstone-based squad this season, whilst ex-Williams racer Hulkenberg steps up from his position as third driver to replace the outgoing Adrian Sutil.
I am delighted to present our line-up for the 2012 season, said Force India team principal and managing director Dr Vijay Mallya. In Paul and Nico we have two extremely talented drivers with tremendous potential. I think Paul caught the eye of everybody in the pit lane during his rookie season.
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Formula One Fantasy - Renault's Bruno Senna |
2011-12-08 21:13:00 |
| It's been a big year for Bruno Senna, drafted into a Renault race seat mid-season after the team opted for youth over experience when they dropped Nick Heidfeld. Retaining that drive for 2012 is now top of Senna's Christmas wish list, but what else would he like?
Perhaps racing the Williams FW15 alongside uncle Ayrton around a Santa Monica street circuit, before clinching the world championship and heading for steak in Sao Paulo
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Adrian Sutil Q&A: More than one option for 2012 |
2011-12-02 21:05:00 |
| With 2012 race seats filling up fast, Adrian Sutil must feel under pressure to secure his Formula One future. His recent run of strong drives with Force India will doubtless help his cause and he hopes to have things sorted in the next couple of weeks. Will he stay put? Could he be Williams-bound to partner Pastor Maldonado? Or could he prove the ideal partner for a returning Kimi Raikkonen at Renault? We spoke exclusively to the German driver
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Williams retain Maldonado for 2012 |
2011-12-02 18:23:00 |
| Williams have confirmed that Pastor Maldonado will remain with the team next season. It will be the Venezuelan's second year racing in F1, following a tough rookie campaign in which he secured one world championship point.
Williams also announced the promotion of reigning GP3 champion Valtteri Bottas to the role of reserve driver. Bottas is expected to participate in a Friday practice session at the majority of 2012 Grands Prix
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Four F1 teams still without drivers |
2011-11-30 22:23:00 |
Williams and Force India were among four teams to have no drivers named on an entry list for next year's Formula One world championship published by the governing FIA on Wednesday.
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Brazil debrief with Williams' Mark Gillan |
2011-11-29 23:25:00 |
| Williams ended the 2011 season in Interlagos on Sunday as they'd begun it - struggling. Although Rubens Barrichello qualified strongly in 12th, he eventually finished in 14th, whilst team mate Pastor Maldonado failed to finish after spinning out. The team's chief operations engineer Mark Gillan discusses the weekend and looks ahead to 2012
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Head to end direct F1 involvement at Williams |
2011-11-29 01:33:00 |
| Williams co-founder and engineering director Patrick Head will play no active role in the team next season, he has confirmed. Head will instead switch his attentions to the team's successful hybrid technologies business.
"I am not going to be directly part of the Williams Formula One programme next year," Head told
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Good-bye Barrichello? The Brazilian's past, present and future |
2011-11-26 22:10:00 |
| It's 1993. Bill Clinton has been inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States. Jurassic Park is the top-grossing film in cinemas. Apartheid is being gradually dismantled in South Africa. The very first internet search engines are being devised. And in Formula One, Williams are dominating with their innovative FW15, whilst young Brazilian hopeful Rubens Barrichello finds his feet at Jordan.
Now fast forward to 2011. Barack Obama is the first black President of the United States. The last of eight Harry Potter films is the top-grossing film. Google processes over a billion internet search requests a day. And in F1, Red Bull are dominating with their innovative RB7 whilst Brazilian stalwart Rubens Barrichello struggles to get the best from his Williams.
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FIA Thursday press conference - Brazil |
2011-11-25 02:10:00 |
| Drivers - Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Jenson Button (McLaren), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Daniel Ricciardo (HRT), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) and Bruno Senna (Renault).
Q: Bruno, I think, first of all, you've had a pretty busy time since Abu Dhabi because you came straight here?
Bruno Senna: Yeah, well, to be honest last week I took [off] to rest and to get acclimatised as
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Q&A with HRT CEO Saul Ruiz de Marco |
2011-11-23 21:09:00 |
| Formula One is an extremely competitive and complicated world and so it has not been an easy journey since Thesan Capital, with Saul Ruiz de Marcos at the fore, took control of HRT team in July. But with hard work and order and a group of people including sports advisor (and former F1 driver) Luis Perez-Sala, the new project is beginning to materialise. The recent announcement of the extension of the team's collaboration with Williams and the signing of Pedro de la Rosa are the first visible results of this hard work, as Ruiz de Marcos explains
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Brazil preview quotes - Ferrari, Force India, Pirelli, Williams & more |
2011-11-22 19:11:00 |
| After the hi-tech modernity of Abu Dhabi, the paddock heads back to one of the classic venues for the final round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship and Sao Paulo's Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace at Interlagos. It's been the venue for plenty of drama over the years, and don't expect this season to be any different. The teams and drivers explain what makes it so special
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Brazil preview quotes - Williams, Virgin, Red Bull, McLaren & more |
2011-11-21 19:11:00 |
| After the hi-tech modernity of Abu Dhabi, the paddock heads back to one of the classic venues for the final round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship and Sao Paulo's Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace at Interlagos. It's been the venue for plenty of drama over the years, and don't expect this season to be any different. The teams and drivers explain what makes it so special
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Brazil preview quotes - Pirelli, Williams, Virgin, Red Bull & more |
2011-11-21 19:11:00 |
| After the hi-tech modernity of Abu Dhabi, the paddock heads back to one of the classic venues for the final round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship and Sao Paulo's Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace at Interlagos. It's been the venue for plenty of drama over the years, and don't expect this season to be any different. The teams and drivers explain what makes it so special
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Maldonado and Alguersuari handed time penalties |
2011-11-14 02:55:00 |
| Williams' Pastor Maldonado and Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari have been given post-race time penalties by the Abu Dhabi stewards. Both were punished for ignoring blue flags during Sunday's Grand Prix at Yas Marina.
Alguersuari was handed a drive-through penalty, but as it was awarded after the race the Spaniard instead had 20 seconds added to his race time
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FIA Friday press conference - Abu Dhabi |
2011-11-12 04:14:00 |
| Team representatives - John Booth (Virgin), Ross Brawn (Mercedes), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Saul Ruiz de Marcos (HRT), Frank Williams (Williams), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren).
Q: A first question for all of you. To go back to your Geneva meeting and the talk about third cars. There seemed to be a certain amount of difference between teams about third cars
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Williams confirm Bottas and Bortolotti for Abu Dhabi test |
2011-11-10 18:42:00 |
| Formula One hopefuls Valtteri Bottas and Mirko Bortolotti will drive for Williams during next week's young driver test in Abu Dhabi, the team have confirmed. Bottas will be at the wheel for the first two days, with Bortolotti taking over for the final day.
Bottas, 22, is currently Williams' official test and reserve driver. In addition to his Formula One duties this year, the Finn also took championship honours in the GP3 Series
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No agreement yet - Raikkonen |
2011-11-10 17:40:50 |
| Kimi Raikkonen says he has not got an agreement in place with Williams, but admits he has been negotiating with the team over a potential return to Formula One
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Bottas, Bortolotti to test Williams |
2011-11-09 22:42:00 |
The 2011 GP3 Series champion Valtteri Bottas and newly-crowned F2 champion Mirko Bortolotti will drive for Williams in the Young Driver Test which takes place at Abu Dhabi next week.
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Abu Dhabi preview quotes - Renault, Force India, Williams & more |
2011-11-07 20:20:00 |
| The Formula One paddock heads west again next weekend for the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship. With its spectacular setting and unique twilight race, the Yas Marina Circuit is one of the most popular on the calendar, as the teams and drivers explain
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Williams 'talking to Raikkonen' |
2011-11-07 20:12:00 |
Rubens Barrichello's Formula 1 future looks increasingly uncertain after a major Williams shareholder said the team were talking to 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen about a possible comeback.
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Abu Dhabi preview quotes - Williams, Red Bull, Virgin & more |
2011-11-07 17:40:00 |
| The Formula One paddock heads west again next weekend for the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship. With its spectacular setting and unique twilight race, the Yas Marina Circuit is one of the most popular on the calendar, as the teams and drivers explain
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HRT extend technical collaboration with Williams |
2011-11-04 00:19:00 |
| HRT have announced that they have renewed their existing deal with Williams for the supply of gearboxes until the end of the 2012 season.
The new agreement will also see closer technical collaboration between the two teams, with Williams providing the Spanish squad with KERS and its associated technology for the first time.
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Michael joins McLaren for final races |
2011-11-02 10:15:00 |
Sam Michael will join McLaren for the final two races of the season after he was given permission to start work for the Woking-based outfit by former employers Williams, AUTOSPORT can reveal.
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India debrief with Williams' Mark Gillan |
2011-11-01 18:35:00 |
| It may have been a brand new challenge but the inaugural Indian event didn't turnaround Williams' recent struggles. Although Rubens Barrichello posted some competitive lap times on his way to a 15th-place finish, a technical problem saw Pastor Maldonado retire early. The team's chief operations engineer Mark Gillan discusses the weekend
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Parr coy on Raikkonen rumours |
2011-10-31 21:53:25 |
| Williams chairman Adam Parr admitted that Kimi Raikkonen would be a good fit for the team, but insisted no decision has been made over its 2012 driver line-up
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FIA Friday press conference - India |
2011-10-29 00:20:00 |
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Team representatives - Jean Francois Caubet (Renault F1 Sport), Monisha Kaltenborn (Sauber), Vijay Mallya (Force India), Adam Parr (Williams), Franz Tost (Toro Rosso)
Q: A question to you all about your initial thoughts about India and the circuit. Franz, first of all?
Franz Tost: India, so far, I don't know very well, as I just arrived yesterday and my first impression is quite positive regarding here
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Hamilton and Perez penalised for ignoring yellow flags |
2011-10-28 17:09:00 |
| McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Sauber's Sergio Perez have both been handed three-place grid penalties for Sunday's inaugural Indian Grand Prix. The New Delhi stewards decided Hamilton and Perez had ignored double waved yellow flags during Practice One at the Buddh International Circuit on Friday morning.
The Briton and Mexican were caught out right at the end of the session by flags prompted by Williams' Pastor Maldonado, who had stopped with an engine failure. Hamilton finished the session as the fastest runner, whilst Perez was 14th
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FIA Thursday press conference - India |
2011-10-27 21:43:00 |
| Drivers - Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Narain Karthikeyan (HRT), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), Jarno Trulli (Team Lotus), Adrian Sutil (Force India)
Q: First of all your impressions of India. Adrian, I know you have been here a few times and you've been here probably a whole week now.
Adrian Sutil: Yes, so I know this country. Quite good job on the circuit really. I went around the circuit this morning and it all looked finished
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India preview quotes - Renault, Force India, Lotus, Williams & more |
2011-10-27 17:34:00 |
| If there's one thing the Formula One paddock loves, it's a challenge, and the inaugural India race is set to be one of the biggest challenges of the season. Newly built, the Buddh International Circuit is a real unknown quantity. And while all will have studied the circuit map and sampled it on a simulator, they are yet to experience the New Delhi track for real. The drivers and team personnel reveal their preparations
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FIA press conference schedule - India |
2011-10-26 22:24:00 |
| Narain Karthikeyan, the only Indian driver who will race in the country's inaugural Grand Prix, will be answering questions alongside five of his rivals on Thursday, whilst Force India's Vijay Mallya and Williams' Adam Parr are among the senior team members to face the media on Friday. The line-up in full
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India preview quotes - Force India, Lotus, Williams, Virgin & more |
2011-10-26 21:34:00 |
| If there's one thing the Formula One paddock loves, it's a challenge, and the inaugural India race is set to be one of the biggest challenges of the season. Newly built, the Buddh International Circuit is a real unknown quantity. And while all will have studied the circuit map and sampled it on a simulator, they are yet to experience the New Delhi track for real. The drivers and team personnel reveal their preparations
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India preview quotes - Lotus, Williams, Virgin, Pirelli & more |
2011-10-25 21:34:00 |
| If there's one thing the Formula One paddock loves, it's a challenge, and the inaugural India race is set to be one of the biggest challenges of the season. Newly built, the Buddh International Circuit is a real unknown quantity. And while all will have studied the circuit map and sampled it on a simulator, they are yet to experience the New Delhi track for real. The drivers and team personnel reveal their preparations
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India preview quotes - Williams, Virgin, Pirelli, HRT & more |
2011-10-24 21:34:00 |
| If there's one thing the Formula One paddock loves, it's a challenge, and the inaugural India race is set to be one of the biggest challenges of the season. Newly built, the Buddh International Circuit is a real unknown quantity. And while all will have studied the circuit map and sampled it on a simulator, they are yet to experience the New Delhi track for real. The drivers and team personnel reveal their preparations
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Korea debrief with Williams' Mark Gillan |
2011-10-19 17:21:00 |
| Korea was another difficult outing for Williams. Not only was Pastor Maldonaldo hamstrung by a drive-through penalty but he eventually retired with engine difficulties, whilst Rubens Barrichello finished down in 12th, over 90 seconds adrift of winner Sebastian Vettel. Even though they left without any points, there were some positives the British team could take from Yeongam, as chief operations engineer Mark Gillan explains...
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Red Bull retain constructors' crown in style |
2011-10-16 17:37:00 |
| It seems hard to believe that Red Bull have been on the grid for just seven seasons. By wrapping up their second successive constructors' championship on Sunday, they have already joined an elite club, as only the eighth team in F1 history to win more than one title.
Their fellow club members are Ferrari, Williams, McLaren, Lotus, Cooper, Brabham and Renault - pretty illustrious company for a team once casually dismissed as only a drinks company
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FIA Thursday press conference - Korea |
2011-10-13 19:09:00 |
| Drivers - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Pastor Maldonado (Williams), Sergio Perez (Sauber), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
Q: Sergio, a good race last weekend, finishing eighth. Can we expect the same this weekend?
Sergio Perez: Well, it was a very special race for me. It was quite a good race, very good race, starting on P17. We had a hydraulic problem
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Korea preview quotes - Force India, Virgin, Williams & more |
2011-10-11 19:13:00 |
| After the excitement of Suzuka, the paddock barely has time to catch its breath as it heads straight to Yeongam for this weekend's 2011 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix. It's only the race's second year on the calendar and after the torrential rain of last season's inaugural event, the teams and drivers will be hoping for some drier conditions in which to sample the challenging 5.615 km Korea International Circuit
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Japan debrief with Williams' Mark Gillan |
2011-10-10 22:53:00 |
| Williams endured a tough weekend at Suzuka, their cars coming home in 14th (Pastor Maldonado) and 17th (Rubens Barrichello) places. Both drivers fought hard, but the deployment of the safety car before half distance put them on the back foot and ruined their chances of scoring points. Mark Gillan, the team's chief operations engineer, gives his thoughts
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Williams has 'work cut out' |
2011-10-07 17:15:06 |
| Pastor Maldonado says Williams will have its "work cut out" on Saturday morning following a heavily disrupted Friday practice ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix
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Japan preview quotes - FIA, Ferrari, Williams, Force India & more |
2011-10-05 17:58:00 |
| Ask a Formula One driver to name his favourite tracks and chances are Suzuka will get more mentions than almost any other circuit. Its mixture of gradient, high-speed turns and technical corner combinations make for one of the sport's ultimate challenges - and one that gives a huge sense of satisfaction if you get it right. And with Japan still recovering from a devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this year, the teams are especially eager to return and show their support
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Japan preview quotes - Ferrari, FIA, Williams, Force India & more |
2011-10-05 17:58:00 |
| Ask a Formula One driver to name his favourite tracks and chances are Suzuka will get more mentions than almost any other circuit. Its mixture of gradient, high-speed turns and technical corner combinations make for one of the sport's ultimate challenges - and one that gives a huge sense of satisfaction if you get it right. And with Japan still recovering from a devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this year, the teams are especially eager to return and show their support
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Japan preview quotes - Ferrari, Williams, Force India, Pirelli & more |
2011-10-04 17:58:00 |
| Ask a Formula One driver to name his favourite tracks and chances are Suzuka will get more mentions than almost any other circuit. Its mixture of gradient, high-speed turns and technical corner combinations make for one of the sport's ultimate challenges - and one that gives a huge sense of satisfaction if you get it right. And with Japan still recovering from a devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this year, the teams are especially eager to return and show their support
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