Pastor Maldonado insists the arrival at Williams of Pat Symonds, and the departure of Mike Coughlan, must be good for the beleaguered British team. 2012 appeared to be a turnaround ...
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A flurry of F1 announcements on Tuesday morning
A stream of announcements flowed out of formula one teams’ press offices early on Tuesday. Marussia announced not only that it will switch from Cosworth to Ferrari power for 2014 ...
Read More »Caterham exhaust ‘legal’ insists van der Garde
After Williams removed its controversial solution for the ‘Coanda’-effect exhaust late last week, heads are now turning in Caterham’s direction. Williams’ move to remove the solution reportedly followed the FIA’s ...
Read More »Williams not replacing Gillan, Wolff
Williams is not planning to replace Mark Gillan, the chief operations engineer who was credited with helping the team recover its lost form in 2012. Gillan left Williams late last ...
Read More »FIA tells Williams exhaust solution illegal
F1’s governing body has told Williams its exhaust solution for the newly-launched FW35 is not legal. It was already believed a similar solution for the Coanda-effect exhaust on Caterham’s 2013 ...
Read More »‘Top’ man Gillan leaves Williams – report
Mark Gillan, chief operations engineer, has left Williams. Citing the confirmation of a team spokeswoman, Reuters news agency reports that Gillan – who only joined the famous British team just ...
Read More »Williams ‘not far’ from top teams – Maldonado
From the depths of 2011, Williams is now ‘not far’ from the pace of F1’s strongest teams. That is the claim of Pastor Maldonado, who in the newly Renault-powered and ...
Read More »Pundits agree Williams made ‘huge leap’
Despite not collecting a single point in Melbourne, the Williams team will travel from Australia to Malaysia in upbeat mood. The famous British outfit’s slide from its race and title-winning ...
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