All Posts Tagged With: "Williams"
FIA ICA Declare Brawn, Williams & Toyota Diffusers Legal
After months of speculation surrounding the legality of the diffusers affixed to the Brawn, Toyota and Williams cars, the FIA International Court of Appeal have now found them to be legal and within the rules. The news comes as a blow to the remaining seven teams who have not developed a ‘double-diffuser’ and undoubtedly they [...]
The Two Sides Of The Diffuser Debate
As always in Formula One, not everything is as black and white as it perhaps should be, and the diffuser issue that has embroiled the sport since even before the first race of the season is a classic example of this. Brawn, Williams and Toyota have all worked to within a loophole of the rules [...]
Malaysia 2009: BMW Lodge Diffuser Protest As Formality
BMW have joined Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Renault in protesting the diffusers of the Brawn, Toyota and Williams cars. The lodging of the protest is just a formality, as the teams expected (and received) the same answer as they did in Melbourne last weekend. The reason for protesting is just to ensure that the [...]
Malaysia 2009: Friday Practice One
After all the troubles surrounding the result of the Australian Grand Prix, it is nice once again to get stuck into the another race, this time in Malaysia at the Sepang circuit. With drivers voicing concerns about racing in the evening and the possibility of rain, the Malaysian Grand Prix is set to be very [...]
Australia 2009: Friday Practice Two
After a surprising first practice where Nico Rosberg clinched the top spot in style, one could have been forgiven for thinking that it was just a headline-grabbing one-off lap. However, the young Williams pilot proved that the FW31 has some decent pace; Rosberg went to the top of the class yet again. Rosberg’s fastest lap, [...]
Australia 2009: Friday Practice One
This is it, Formula One 2009 has begun. Earlier this morning all twenty drivers left the Albert Park pitlane to start the first practice session of the Australian Grand Prix. Surprisingly, it was Nico Rosberg who led after the 90 minute session was up. What made Rosberg’s lap time even more impressive was the outright [...]
F12009: Williams Preview
It would appear, glancing back through BlogF1’s archives, that each and every year I preview Williams I find myself hoping that this will be the season when it all starts to come good again. By the time the last race of the year is over though, the Grove-based team’s usual result is only a couple [...]
Jerez Test Days Four & Five: Kovalainen & Nakajima Share Fastest Laps
The final two days of testing at Jerez only saw McLaren and Williams participate, the other teams deciding they had done all they could in preparation for the season opener in Melbourne. Both teams were represented by the same driver each day; Heikki Kovalainen and Kazuki Nakajima sharing the circuit in Spain. The times set [...]
