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Today it has been announced that Toto Wolff will become an Executive Director of Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC with immediate effect to assist and support Team Principal Sir Frank Williams. Wolff, whose daughter Susie is also officially Williams F1's test driver was previously a Non-Executive Director.
He might have a ride if he didn't try to gut people literally.SchumiSutil wrote:Gutted not to see Adrian Sutil in this car...
The team will probably use their "B Rig" if its back from Bahrain. Generally the B Rig or as some call it the Fly Rig, will go to Monaco. Far from ideal as the B Rig is generally no more than 60% of what they have at the Euro races.natehall wrote:Firstly I hope everyone that has been injured makes a full and fast recovery
I'm concerned about how they will make the Monaco grand prix, as it's only two weeks and it looks like a hell of a lot of equipment has been ruined, will they have plans in place for such a catastrophe?
well mr.alonso, williams is a winning car. your were slowly in australia and also in spain. it's not what you've been expected but williams now are much better team and it is not right critise that like they not deserve to be in F1 or even more to take an win. im glad that you'll be able to figure it out. [-o<"It was a tough race for us and we knew that before the start," he told Sky Sports."We had some good battles, we had a good start so we recovered some positions, and after yesterday's qualifying, to be fifth behind the two McLarens and two Red Bulls is a pretty good result in terms of points. But the priority is to improve the car. We were too far [behind] yesterday and we were fighting with Williams at the end of the race. We'd prefer to fight at the top and this is our goal for the next race." --> said alonso after Australia 2012. source - [espnf1]
Frank Williams says Pastor Maldonado is worthy of a place at his team even without the considerable backing he brings, judging by his performance at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Maldonado delivered a surprise victory at Barcelona on Sunday, as he withstood race-long pressure from Fernando Alonso to end Williams' eight-year victory drought.
And although it is no secret that Maldonado owes his place at the Grove-based outfit to the backing that Venezuelan oil company PDVSA brings - this year it is paying £29.4 million – Williams says that his driver is the real deal.
When asked if Maldonado was only at Williams in the first place because of money, Williams said: "Yeah, he was to some extent. I'm not denying that. But if we thought he'd been a wanker, he wouldn't have got in the team no matter how much money he had.
"He did a very sensible job in GP2 and he fully deserves to be in the team with or without the dosh. The truth is that if you haven't got the dosh, you can't go Formula 1 racing.
"But we've got a real racing driver as well. I am just astonished by the way he just controlled himself, and didn't make a mistake at all."
Williams is well aware that there was plenty of opportunity for Maldonado to have slipped up on Sunday, especially because it was the first time he had been in a position to win.
"When a driver who has not led before and is out in front, he tends to make a mistake," explained Williams. "But from what I saw, he didn't come near it. He was calm on the radio the entire time. Given what we have seen in GP2 and F1 qualifying, he's very skilful
"It's the first race he's led and led and led and, as the race goes on, you become under more pressure to not think about the podium, not think about what your mother's going to say, and not think how much the prize money is going to be.
"So you think don't crash, don't make mistakes, brake a little bit earlier, and look after it. That's what you've got to do and that's what he did."
Williams believes that Maldonado could go on to deliver more success in the future, especially because he thinks the driver is outperforming the machinery at the moment.
Speaking about Maldonado's potential, Williams said: "It could be very considerable indeed. We certainly couldn't say we've got a winning car. We've got a very good car, and we'd be sad to lose him."
zoro_f1 wrote:well mr.alonso, williams is a winning car. your were slowly in australia and also in spain. it's not what you've been expected but williams now are much better team and it is not right critise that like they not deserve to be in F1 or even more to take an win. im glad that you'll be able to figure it out. [-o<"It was a tough race for us and we knew that before the start," he told Sky Sports."We had some good battles, we had a good start so we recovered some positions, and after yesterday's qualifying, to be fifth behind the two McLarens and two Red Bulls is a pretty good result in terms of points. But the priority is to improve the car. We were too far [behind] yesterday and we were fighting with Williams at the end of the race. We'd prefer to fight at the top and this is our goal for the next race." --> said alonso after Australia 2012. source - [espnf1]
