Posted on January 21st, 2008 by Oliver White
As far as launches go, this has to be the lowest-key roll out ever. Williams had stated previously that they weren’t too concerned about not holding an official launch party for their new 2008 challenger, citing reasons of there’s nothing to announce. Nico Rosberg is on a long-term contract, Kazuki Nakajima was confirmed last year, Toyota are still the squad’s engine partner and little else has changed, aside from the car. So instead, Williams opted to simply roll the new FW30 car out of the garage and get on with testing. Which, due to dense fog at Valencia this morning, lasted one lap. Continue Reading
Posted on November 7th, 2007 by Oliver White
Williams have today announced that Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima will race for the team during the 2008 campaign. The news comes after Frank Williams vehemently denied that his lead driver and son of former World Champion Rosberg could be switching allegiances in the whole Fernando Alonso saga. Nakajima raced for the squad at the final meeting in Brazil, and although he managed to clout two of his pit crew, the Japanese driver did reasonably well. Nakajima was also the highest place rookie in the GP2 series in 2007. Continue Reading
Posted on October 9th, 2007 by Oliver White
Following Alex Wurz’s retirement from Formula One, Williams have today announced that their test and reserve driver Kazuki Nakajima will race for the team at this seasons finale in Brazil on October 21st. Nakajima has carried out a lot of testing work for the Grove-based squad this year, running on Friday when his GP2 campaign didn’t clash and helping the team develop the FW29. Continue Reading
Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Oliver White
As announced on Sunday morning, Williams driver Alex Wurz has decided to retire from Formula One racing, and initial thoughts presumed he would finally hang up is lucky boots after racing in Brazil for the season finale. However, today Wurz confirmed his retirement and has brought it forward - Alex will retire with immediate effect. While not much has been said about why Alex is stepping down now, one can only presume the team were involved and wanted to try out another driver while they have the chance. Continue Reading
As far as launches go, this has to be the lowest-key roll out ever. Williams had stated previously that they weren’t too concerned about not holding an official launch party for their new 2008 challenger, citing reasons of there’s nothing to announce. Nico Rosberg is on a long-term contract, Kazuki Nakajima was confirmed last year, Toyota are still the squad’s engine partner and little else has changed, aside from the car. So instead, Williams opted to simply roll the new FW30 car out of the garage and get on with testing. Which, due to dense fog at Valencia this morning, lasted one lap. Continue Reading
