The argument that it’s the car not the driver in F1 that wins races is one we hear time and time again. Well, UK newspaper The Daily Mirror have revealed the salaries of the stars of Formula 1 and it’s a real insight as to how much of an advantage Read more…
If I were commissioning a 10 part docuseries on the 2018 Formula 1 season and the two main protagonists: Mercedes and Ferrari declined to be involved, I might have said okay, that’s that. Let’s park it for this year, there’s unlikely to be anything in 2018 so sensational that means Read more…
Peter Windsor is one of the world’s most respected F1 journalists. He has a relationship with the Williams Formula 1 team that goes back 30 plus years, having worked with the team as Sir Frank’s sponsorship manager, rising up through the ranks to become team manager in 1991 before turning Read more…
Would it be fair to say that we could all benefit from a break from talking about what’s happening behind the scenes at Williams F1 for a little while at least? Oh, you know, the whole late to pre-season testing/slow, potentially illegal FW42/insufficient spare parts/Paddy Lowe‘s leave of absence, thing? Read more…
In a move that will surprise few people, Paddy Lowe Williams Racing’s Chief Technical Officer has taken a ‘leave of absence’ from the Williams F1 team citing personal reasons. If the seemingly temporary (at least for the time being – likely to become permanent) move comes as little surprise, the boldness Read more…
“If you said to me that all the drivers today are free and they’re all desperate to get into Williams, I would say: ‘Send in Lewis Hamilton.’ I’d say that because he’s English and a winner. Lewis? I’d take him any time!” said Sir Frank Williams of the current World Read more…
Williams F1 Chief Technical Officer Paddy Lowe insists that despite the delays and issues the team have faced in getting it to the track, Williams’ 2019 car is a ‘much better platform’ than its predecessor, the hapless FW41. This, Lowe says, is based on feedback from Robert Kubica, Williams’ current race Read more…
This week the organisers of the Mexican Grand Prix revealed they’ve missed the deadline to appear on the 2020 provisional F1 calendar following withdrawal of governmental financial support for the event. Earlier in February the mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced that the annual 400 million pesos (around £17m) Read more…
Williams F1 driver Robert Kubica says he has only completed enough laps in a fully built Williams FW42 car during pre-season to feel 20% ready for his Williams debut in two weeks in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. With Williams’ late arrival to the first F1 pre-season test in Barcelona Read more…
If you’re new to the sport of Formula 1, what better way to be introduced to some of the terminology you’re about to hear than a handy A to Z glossary of F1 common phrases and expressions? A is for Aero Aerodynamics are a critical part of the design of Read more…
