Two days after winning in Spain, Williams is scrambling to put together the equipment it needs to contest next weekend's Monaco grand prix. Mere hours after Pastor Maldonado secured the once-great British team's first victory since 2004, a huge fire broke out in the pits, leaving one team member still in a Barcelona hospital with burns. "His family are in constant communication and he is in good spirits," Williams said in a media statement. The Oxfordshire based team is now making efforts to ensure it […]

Sebastian Vettel remains in control of the Formula Drivers’ Championship, despite enduring what the Red Bull Racing driver called a “hard day at the office” at the Spanish Grand Prix. Vettel started seventh and climbed to sixth but dropped to ninth when he was hit with a drive-through penalty for failing to heed yellow flag in the wake of an accident involving Michael Schumacher and Bruno Senna. The defending champion was also hindered by a long regulation third stop when he took on a new […]

Michael Schumacher has been issued a 5-place grid penalty for the Monaco Grand Prix, after the 7-time World Champion was deemed to have caused the collision between himself and Bruno Senna. Both drivers subsequently retired after the incident, with both blaming each other for the collision. After Michael Schumacher proceeded to call the Brazilian driver an idiot straight after the incident, the race stewards announced they would investigate the incident after the race. And after a stunningly entertaining event, the stewards have finally come to […]

Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna have given Williams Team Principal and co-founding member, Sir Frank Williams, something to cheer about as they both finished within the points during the Chinese Grand Prix. Sir Frank Williams turns 70 tomorrow, as his team head to Bahrain with a handful of points in the bag. Both drivers’ successfully pulled off a two stop strategy in a race which normally takes three stops to safely get to the finish. Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado finished 7th and 8th respectively […]

Valtteri Bottas will return to practice action in Bruno Senna's car on Friday, even if the Shanghai skies open. English-language television weather reports in the Chinese metropolis on Thursday are predicting a close to 100 per cent chance of rain for the opening day of action. Finn Bottas, Williams' reserve driver who is managed by team shareholder Toto Wolff, is scheduled to drive Senna's FW34 no matter what the weather brings, according to the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat. "The rain will not affect me, at […]

Bruno Senna has admitted he feels a release of pressure following a strong showing in Malaysia last weekend. The Brazilian, whose uncle was the great triple world champion Ayrton Senna, has had a tough time establishing his credentials to date with part-time seats at the HRT and Renault (now Lotus) teams. Although out-qualified for the second consecutive grand prix by his Williams teammate Pastor Maldonado in Malaysia, Senna went on to score 8 points in the race -- more than the famous British team's entire […]

It was a damp start to proceedings in Malaysia as intermediates were the tyres of choice for many drivers’ as FP3 got underway. It was the Marussia of Timo Glock who took to the track first, followed out by many other drivers’ eager to complete their installation laps. Nico Rosberg suffered a worrying first few minutes of the session, as the Mercedes mechanics fired up his car there was worries of a possible engine issue on the car. However, normality was resumed for Rosberg as […]

Bruno Senna will give up his race car to Williams test driver Valtteri Bottas on fourteen more occasions in 2012. It has emerged that, every time young Finn Bottas takes to the track on a Friday this season, it will be at the wheel of Senna's Renault-powered FW34. "Pastor Maldonado will keep his car in every session," Turun Sanomat correspondent Heikki Kulta reported. Brazilian Senna confirmed the news to British Sky television whilst he sat out Friday's initial running in Malaysia. Bottas, 22, was just […]

Sergio Pérez has branded speculation that he could replace Felipe Massa at Ferrari this season as “only rumours”. The Mexican, who is part of Ferrari’s young driver programme, and who finished eighth in the Mebourne season-opener after starting 22nd, has been tipped as a possible replacement for Massa should Ferrari opt to end his seven-year stint with the team this season. Massa endured a torrid start to the campaign, qualifying 16th and retiring from the race after clashing with Williams’ Bruno Senna. Pérez, however, denied […]

Ferrari has come to the aid of Felipe Massa after the Brazilian was heavily criticised for his performance in the Australian Grand Prix. Massa retired from the race after clashing with Bruno Senna, having started from a lowly 16th. "Felipe has certainly been the target of criticism after the race in Albert Park", said a team statement in their Malaysian preview "But the Brazilian driver is used to this situation and remembers well 2008 when after two races – Australia and Malaysia – he had […]

Fernando Alonso battled to a damage-limiting fifth place in Melbourne as team-mate Felipe Massa was forced to retire from 13th after clashing with William’s Bruno Senna late in the race. Alonso started well, seizing several positions in the opening laps after starting 12th. However, later in the race he came under severe pressure from Williams’ Pastor Maldonado and was only freed when the Venezuelan made a mistake and arrowed into the wall late in the race. Afterwards, the Ferrari driver admitted he had been under […]

After a race long battle stuck in the midfield, Toro Rosso are please to be heading to Malaysia with two points in the bag after a chaotic final lap which saw a throng of drivers’ battling for the final few points paying positions. Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne finished their first race at Albert Park 9th and 11th respectively. After being involved in a first lap incident with the Williams of Bruno Senna, Daniel Ricciardo was able to battle on to two World Championship points […]