Williams Martini Racing have today announced the appointment of Dave Redding to the position of Team Manager. Dave will be responsible for the overall management of the operational and sporting aspects of the Williams racing team.
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F1 Hungarian GP: Hamilton reveals admiration for Williams
Lewis Hamilton ponders how exciting it would be to take Williams back to the top of F1, but stresses his commitment to Mercedes.
FP1
Weather: Warm and dry
Air & Track Temperatures: 22-24°C / 26-31°C
F. Massa, FW40-04, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:20.540 (11th)
L. Stroll, FW40-01, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:20.974 (15th)
Quickest time: D. Ricciardo 1:18.486
FP2
Weather: Warm and dry
Air & Track Temperatures: 25-27°C / 30-36°C
F. Massa, FW40-04, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:20.869 (15th)
L. Stroll, FW40-01, Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power+, 1:20.791 (14th)
Quickest time: D. Ricciardo 1:18.455
Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: It was quite a messy day for everybody, with a highly-disrupted FP2 session. In FP1 we managed to run a good programme with both Felipe and Lance, however the car was not as well balanced as we’d like, the pace was not spectacular and we didn’t manage to improve from the first new tyre to the second new tyre. In FP2, we didn’t manage to set times on the supersoft tyres, so from a highly-disrupted session we’ve come away looking quite poor on the timesheet. But it’s given us lots of information to work with and we’ll be working hard this evening to further improve the car for tomorrow.
Felipe Massa: It was a typical Friday, we were just trying to understand the tyres and the car on this circuit. For sure we did not have a great position at the end of the day, but we just need to understand everything around the car so that we can improve during the weekend. But this is normal for a Friday.
Lance Stroll: The day wasn’t too bad, as we had a clean one without too many issues, so that is positive. We are not where we were hoping to be, but, as expected, we knew this track would be tricky for us and we need to keep pushing and work for tomorrow. The grip is quite hard to predict and, especially Turn 11, is quite bad. I saw a lot of drivers going off there. Like always, we will push as hard as we can to get the best possible result.
I haven't seen this news from any international source, but Felipe Massa felt ill after FP2 and had to be taken to a hospital, he's participation on the rest of the weekend is uncomfirmed at this point.
I haven't seen this news from any international source, but Felipe Massa felt ill after FP2 and had to be taken to a hospital, he's participation on the rest of the weekend is uncomfirmed at this point.
If this is true, it's extremely weird how none of the big media passed the news. Very strange as one of the most recognizable F1 drivers felt ill and might miss the race...
Multiple Brazilian news sites have reported this, i picked one(my go to racing focussed one) but there where several, all big names (Globo Esporte included)not random blogs, it's 100% true.
F1 Hungarian GP: Hamilton reveals admiration for Williams
Lewis Hamilton ponders how exciting it would be to take Williams back to the top of F1, but stresses his commitment to Mercedes.