Michael Schumacher will drop ten places from his qualifying position for the Japanese Grand Prix. Schumacher collided with Jean Eric Vergne on Lap 38 of the Singapore Grand Prix and was deemed to be at fault by the stewards. Schumacher admitted that he was to blame for the accident. It is the second such offence for Schumacher in 2012, following his collision with Bruno Senna in May's Spanish Grand Prix. The stewards deemed that the German failed to anticipate lower braking performance following the lengthy […]

Rubens Barrichello has tipped Fernando Alonso to hang onto his championship lead all the way to the 2012 finale. Asked by O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper to pick this year's title winner, the most experienced driver in F1 history answered: "I think Alonso." After a record-setting career spanning 326 grands prix, 40-year-old Brazilian Barrichello switched to Indycars this year when he lost his Williams race seat. Explaining his reason for choosing Alonso as the likely 2012 champion, he added: "Hamilton is the guy in F1 […]

Williams’ Executive Director, Toto Wolff, has said that the team is undecided on their 2013 driver line-up, and admits that it could be another month before it is resolved. Williams has fielded Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna this season, with both drivers reportedly coming with healthy financial backing. When asked about 2013 by the Official Formula One website, Wolff said "It’s too early to say. Sure, we are taking different looks at the issue, but the minute we discuss it we are going to mess-up Pastor and […]

Valtteri Bottas has admitted he is very keen to end his reserve duties and join the Formula One grid as soon as possible. The Finn, who is managed by Williams' executive director Toto Wolff as well as Mika Hakkinen, usually replaces Bruno Senna on Friday mornings, and is tipped to step into the seat full-time next season. Asked if he is ready for that, 22-year-old Bottas told Russia's f1news.ru: "Yes, I hope so, but at the moment the situation remains unchanged. "I will do the […]

Williams driver Bruno Senna has said that he is targeting a top ten performance at this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. The Brazilian finished in the points in the Italian Grand Prix during a weekend where Williams struggled. He is, however, optimistic that the nature of the Marina Bay Street Circuit will suit the FW34. "Singapore should suit our car because it’s a high downforce and load circuit and that’s where the car feels at home the most", he said. "Of course it’s hard to judge […]

Williams Chief Operations Engineer Mark Gillan has said that the Grove based team was hoping for more from the Italian Grand Prix. Bruno Senna picked up a point courtesy of tenth place as the team spent the bulk of the 53 lap encounter on the fringes of the top ten. "Overall our ultimate pace was not quite as strong as we have seen in some races but it was good to see both drivers pushing hard throughout the race", he said. Gillan also confirmed that Williams, […]

Renault Sport has apologised to Red Bull Racing after an alternator failure cost Sebastian Vettel eight points in the Italian Grand Prix. In one of their worst performances of the season, a Renault powered car failed to finish higher than fifth place - courtesy of the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen - while he was joined in the top ten only by the Williams of Bruno Senna. Rémi Taffin, Renault Sport F1 head of track operations, admitted that their performance was sub-standard. "This weekend has not […]

Williams declared themselves satisfied with their progress in the Italian Grand Prix. Bruno Senna started from thirteenth but a good start paved the way for the Brazilian to finish an eventual tenth. "It was very tough to try to make the one-stop strategy work, but we did it and were also lucky with a few cars that were forced to retire," he said. "It was a great effort from the team today to make it into the points. Now we look forward to the next […]

Sergio Perez was left frustrated after a communications error in the second part of qualifying. The Sauber driver failed to make it through to the third segment after following too closely to Bruno Senna. "We knew it would be tight to make it into the top ten today, but I was fighting hard. We have improved the car quite a lot since Friday, but we are clearly not as quick here as we were in Belgium", said the Mexican. "On my last attempt in Q2 […]

After qualifying third for the Belgian Grand Prix, it was a less positive day for Williams as they failed to make Q3. After his penalties are applied, Pastor Maldonado will start 22nd. "We were struggling a bit for pace and then in the last Q2 lap I didn’t quite put everything together", said the winner of the Spanish Grand Prix. "Everything is so close here though and it will be a tough race, but we’ve done a fair amount of testing on higher fuel so […]

Williams drivers Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna are looking forward to improved results in the second part of 2012. Maldonado has not scored since his Spanish Grand Prix victory but Senna put in a strong performance in Hungary to claim seventh. "Spa is a very special circuit for me because I’ve had a lot of success there in the past and I really enjoy the layout," said the Venezuelan, who scored his only 2011 point in Belgium. "The circuit also has a lot of history […]

Williams' 2012 car holds more potential than has been seen at recent grands prix. That is the claim of the famous British team's Finnish reserve driver Valtteri Bottas, who is hotly tipped to step into the race cockpit in 2013. A vast improvement on last year's Williams, the FW34 has even won a race from pole this season. But Bottas, 22, thinks the car is better than it has appeared more recently, with the best finish since Pastor Maldonado's victory in Spain being Bruno Senna's […]