Williams Racing has launched the Williams FW45 – its 2023 F1 challenger ahead of its first shakedown test of the season at Silverstone later today. The pre-pre-season has been given the name ‘launch season’ by F1 marketing bods keen to wring every drop of content out of a sport that Read more…
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Williams Racing has appointed former Mercedes head of strategy James Vowles as its new Team Principal. He replaces the outgoing Jost Capito who was booted by the team in December after a lacklustre 2022 F1 season amid reports of widespread internal doubts over whether the German’s philosophy was taking the Read more…
There’s no getting away from it, the 2022 Formula 1 season has been a disappointment for Williams Racing. And it looks like a season destined to end with a whimper as the team’s focus shifts to 2023 and a ensuring that car and campaign is much improved if the Brazilian Read more…
Formula 1 arrived in Mexico City for the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix in the midst of yet another controversy, when it was revealed that 2021 F1 drivers’ title winners Red Bull Racing exceeded the cost cap in their championship year by a couple of million quid. For this, it was Read more…
Rumours are beginning to circulate that Williams Racing driver Nicholas Latifi will make the jump to Indycar with Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2023 season. The rumours appear to have originated with Youtuber David Land, who cites one of his ‘sources’ in the Indycar paddock. The apparent deal would be Read more…
Former Williams F1 driver Mario Andretti has taken a Formula 1 McLaren for a spin around the Laguna Seca circuit in California, almost 25 years after he won his one and only F1 crown – the last win for a US driver. Mario Andretti – thought to be the oldest Read more…
Canadian Nicholas Latifi has announced that he and Williams Racing are to part company at the end of the current Formula 1 season. Latifi, who joined Williams as test/reserve driver in 2019 before being promoted to a full-timed driver role the following year, has for some time appeared off the Read more…
This is my first blog for a while, but I’m hoping to make them more regular from now on as the 2022 Formula 1 season hits its stride. Let’s begin with the elephant in the room. Formula 1’s new-for-2022 regulations that teams have been working towards for a couple of Read more…
The man most people seem to blame for the absolute debacle that marred the end of the 2021 Formula 1 season – Michael Masi – has been ousted from his role as Formula 1 race director in a restructuring that amounts to as much an acknowledgement of a mistake as Read more…
Williams Racing has officially begun its 2022 Formula 1 campaign by launching its new Williams FW44 car to the world. Okay, so (like Red Bull) it might not – strictly speaking – be the actual car we’re going to see when it takes to the track for the first time, Read more…
