2017 Williams Martini Racing Team - Mercedes

[LookBackTime]

Damper failure cost Massa Baku win, reckons Lowe (more tech details inside the article)

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-m ... ns-923950/

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[Manoah2u]

Lol, Paddy is blind as a bat if he thinks Ricciardo wouldn't have completely destroyed Massa.

Bottas was too far back in any case to reach Ricciardo, but despite Massa being quick, there was really no way he would have been able to beat Ricciardo.
Danny raced in a 'conservative spec' from the start after something wasn't right, when that was fixed, he could go out guns blazing and he was just on fire.

Try and sugarcoat Massa's damper issue that that was the reason he overtook Massa, but that's just really nonsense as it would haven't changed a bit on how much faster
the RedBull was. Also, Stroll had no damper issue, and was a sitting duck for DannyRic. So were the Force India's iirc.

But ultimately it doesnt matter, as it simply didnt go like that, Massa's damper failed and that's it. If Verstappen's car had not failed, he would have won. If Lewis' headrest didnt come off, he would have won. If Vettel didnt have the penalty, he would have won.

[Carinni]

Yes, so many ifs. But I think the restart is the chance for riccardo, as red bull warms tires better. Riccardo can pass stroll easily because stroll was also affected by the slow pace of massa in front. If, riccardo can't pass massa at the restart, then with the dirty air behind n faster straight speed of Williams, there is a chance massa can keep riccardo at bay. But again, too many ifs.

[Carinni]

And it is not sugarcoat, for sure without the damper issue, riccardo couldn't have passed massa so easily,

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https://twitter.com/1990sF1/status/880128945265496064

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WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED LINE-UP

http://www.williamsf1.com/racing/news/w ... ed-line-up

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[LookBackTime]

Dave Redding joins Williams as team manager

Williams has announced that former McLaren man Dave Redding has been appointed as team manager of the Grove-based outfit, and will join the team on July 17.

After originally joining McLaren in 2001 as a Systems Engineer, Redding worked in a number of engineering and operational roles before moving on to become Team Manager in 2009.

His previous roles over the course of his Formula One career include positions at Jaguar, Stewart and Benetton.

In his new role at Williams, Redding will be responsible for the overall management of the operational and sporting aspects of the team.

In addition to this appointment, Williams has confirmed that Sporting Manager, Steve Nielsen, will be departing the company on 31st July.

Massa: 'In no hurry to talk about 2018'
"Having been involved in motorsport for 30 years, I know that Williams is a great racing team, and one that I am extremely excited and privileged to be joining," said Redding.

"I already know and respect many of the team members, and I can't wait to start work at Grove and to be an integral part of an exciting future for the team."

Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer at Williams, added:

"I am also delighted to welcome Dave to the Williams team. Dave brings an exceptional level of Formula One racing knowledge and experience.

"Since joining, I have seen first hand the talented individuals we have in the race team at Williams.

"I’m sure Dave will fit in well and be able to provide the operational and sporting leadership necessary to not only maintain our current high standards, but to build even further on all aspects of our race team performance in the future."

[Sevach]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/inte ... a-q-a.html

An interview with Massa.


Edit: There's also this "what could've been..." column he wrote.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mass ... on-924824/

[Sevach]

A documentary is coming.

http://www.williamsf1.com/racing/news/w ... his-summer

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https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/stat ... 6487787520

[Sevach]

http://www.racer.com/f1/item/142002-str ... in-f1-lowe

Paddy on Stroll's evolution.

[Sevach]

Austria will be the first track all year that Stroll has raced before.
http://m.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/355354 ... ar-ground/

[LookBackTime]

Very good trailer!
https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/stat ... 0826106881

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[waynes]

Very good trailer!

https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/stat ... 0826106881

i cant wait for this. always beautifully engineered cars, and a quite remarkable man