Williams News
THREE-STOP RACE LIKELY IN SPAIN Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has clinched his third career pole position, ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton. Pole position was set on Pirelli’s P Zero White medium tyres, which have been nominated alongside the new P Zero Orange hard tyres this weekend. Rosberg’s pole time of 1m20.718s on the medium compound was more than a second a half quicker than the 2012 pole position set by Williams driver Pastor Maldonado (1m22.285s) on last year’s soft, despite the fact that usage of the DRS was unlimited last season.
Valtteri Bottas qualified 17th with Pastor Maldonado 18th for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix. Both Williams drivers found there was not enough pace in the FW35 to progress into Q2.
Neither Valtteri Bottas or 2012 racewinner Pastor Maldonado made it out of the opening phase of qualifying in Barcelona.
BBC Sport’s Eddie Jordan takes a look at why McLaren and Williams, traditionally two of the most successful teams in Formula 1, are struggling in 2013.
Williams and Sauber are two of the teams desperately hoping that new aero upgrades this weekend will put their season back on track at Barcelona.
Valtteri Bottas insists that Williams is recovering from its slow start to the 2013 F1 season, and looks forward to better performances in weeks to come.
Valtteri Bottas insists that Williams is recovering from its slow start to the 2013 F1 season, and looks forward to better performances in weeks to come.
Team Representatives – Dave Greenwood (Marussia), Mike Coughlan (Williams), Mark Smith (Caterham), Andrew Green (Force India), Nikolas Tombazis (Ferrari), Adrian Newey (Red Bull Racing). Q: Mike Coughlan, if we can start with you. You won here last year but what conclusions are we to draw from your performances so far this season?
Williams tested a raft of car updates on their cars today, splitting aero verification work between both its drivers. While it is still a bit too early to be sure of anything, tonight's analysis should reveal what updates to use for the remainder of the weekend.
Valtteri Bottas declared that his upgraded Williams felt the best the car had all year in Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, but still was unsure if the performance gain would be enough.
There were top ten times in Friday’s practice in Spain for Adrian Sutil, Jean-Eric Vergne and Paul di Resta…
Drivers – Valtteri Bottas (Williams), Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso), Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Sergio Perez (McLaren) Q: Sergio, sixth in Bahrain, was that a breakthrough result for you with McLaren? Sergio Perez: Considering where we started from, I think it was pretty much the maximum we could get
Pastor Maldonado insists that Williams has a ‘plan B’ should the major upgrade package it will trial in Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix not perform as expected
After four thrilling, flyaway rounds to open the 2013 season, the Formula One paddock moves on to the more traditional territory of Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya for next weekend’s Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2013. Those involved discuss their prospects for the race
After four thrilling, flyaway rounds to open the 2013 season, the Formula One paddock moves on to the more traditional territory of Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya for next weekend’s Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2013. Those involved discuss their prospects for the race
After having won last year's Spanish GP, Williams F1 hopes to do well again this year at Circuit de Catalunya. The team therefore hopes to improve its performance with new car upgrades that need to push them back up into the midfield.
Williams aims to take a step forward and challenge for points as the European leg of the F1 season kicks off in Spain
Adam Parr tips Williams to rebound from a tough start to the 2013 F1 season