All Posts Tagged With: "Williams"

The oddest element of the 2012 season so far is that the unlikeliest of candidates could now be genuine title contenders.

Before the Spanish grand prix weekend, Pastor Maldonado was a commonly derided ‘pay driver’ with 500-1 odds of winning in Barcelona, and just a single point to his name in 2011. Now, he is F1′s newest pole-getter and race victor, and genuinely regarded as a potential contender for the world championship.  Read more... (162 words, estimated 39 secs reading time)

Two days after winning in Spain, Williams is scrambling to put together the equipment it needs to contest next weekend’s Monaco grand prix, having lost a lot of equipment in a post-race garage fire.  Read more... (324 words, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)

An Austrian influence is growing at Williams, the famous British F1 team. The team’s 15 per cent shareholder is Christian ‘Toto’ Wolff, and given Adam Parr’s recent departure he is now tipped as Sir Frank Williams’ natural successor.  Read more... (159 words, estimated 38 secs reading time)

The day after marking its first win for eight years, the once-great Williams team is counting its losses.

“Everything in our garage is totally destroyed,” said team manager Dickie Stanford, who mere hours after holding aloft the constructors’ trophy on the podium found himself wielding a fire extinguisher. “Now I have to ensure that we have everything we need for Monte Carlo,” he told Auto Motor und Sport.  Read more... (215 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)

Action at the Spanish Grand Prix was not confined to the race track. After the chequered flag had waved after Williams’first win since 2004, a major fire occurred in the British team’s garage.  Read more... (131 words, estimated 31 secs reading time)

As ever, in the complex and political world of F1, the press has reacted with cynicism to the news Adam Parr is leaving Williams.  Read more... (270 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

Williams have announced that chairman Adam Parr has resigned and will step down this Friday after five years with the team.

A media statement said Sir Frank Williams “will continue to oversee the company with the support of” fellow shareholder Toto Wolff, chief executive Alex Burns and new chairman Nick Rose.  Read more... (126 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)

Williams’ Nico Rosberg has spoken of his optimism for the season ahead despite dropping to sixth place in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.

The German lost some places towards the end of the race after his tyres began to drop off, but up to that point he and his Grove-based outfit were having a stellar weekend.  Read more... (213 words, 1 image, estimated 51 secs reading time)

The casinos of Monte Carlo would appear to have rubbed off on Monegasque youngster Nico Rosberg.

The Williams driver won a televised poker tournament in Italy last month seeing off competition from Formula One’s established card players Robert Kubica, Giancarlo Fisichella, Adrian Sutil and former Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine.  Read more... (713 words, 1 image, estimated 2:51 mins reading time)

Williams, the only F1 team currently not backed by a billionaire or a car manufacturer, have recorded a loss for the second year in a row. Accounts filed on Tuesday have revealed that the team’s losses for 2006 and 2007 total $80 million with the team increasing their bank borrowings to help the team build a strong competitive base.  Read more... (120 words, 1 image, estimated 29 secs reading time)