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Posted on Monday, February 28, 2011

Williams' radical gearbox hard to copy - Michael

Feb.28 (GMM) Sam Michael is confident Williams' innovative 2011 car will be hard for the British team's rivals to copy.

The Oxfordshire based team's technical director singled out only four innovations of note among the class of 2011: Renault and Red...

Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011

Williams' share float is fully subscribed

Feb.25 (GMM) Williams' stock market floatation in Frankfurt next week will be a success, one of the managing banks has been quoted as confirming.

Baader Bank, chosen as the joint lead manager and local bookrunner for Germany in the floating of Willia...

Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011

Pirelli to supply hard tyre at first races - report

Feb.14 (GMM) Based on the first two tests of the 2011 group pre-season, new official supplier Pirelli has already decided upon which tyre compounds to take to the first four grands prix of 2011.

Auto Motor und Sport said that amid complaints of sever...

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011

Schumacher fastest in Jerez

Michael Schumacher has sent out a message to rivals during the second day of testing at Jerez, with the German beginning to answer the questions posed over the potential of his new MGP W02 challenger. After completing 112 laps of the Spanish circuit, Schumacher finished the day fractions quicker than former Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa.

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011

Massa fastest in Jerez

[AUTOSPORT.COM] Felipe Massa's Ferrari topped the opening day of this week's pre-season test at Jerez. The Brazilian set Thursday's best time on the seventh lap of his first run of the day. That came exactly halfway through a stint, which is a positive sign for the Ferrari's pace on both a fuel load and tyre front. Ferrari undetook just one more long run in the afternoon, with Massa completing 16 laps mostly in the 1m23-24s. He was also back in the 1m22s a few more […]

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011

Hulkenberg denies Mercedes contact over 2011

Feb.10 (GMM) Although he will not be on the Bahrain grid, Nico Hulkenberg will not be sitting idle in 2011.

The ousted Williams driver is set to drive Force India's new car on every Friday morning practice this year, and according to Auto Motor und S...

Posted on Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Talent should be stronger than money - Hulkenberg

Force India test and reserve driver Nico Hulkenberg believes that drivers in Formula One should be there based on their talent and ability rather than the size of their wallets. The German won several junior formulae titles - most notably in F3 Euroseries and GP2 - before graduating to Formula One in 2010 with Williams. However, despite a shock pole at a damp Interlagos last November, he found himself ousted in favour of heavily funded Pastor Maldonado.

Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2011

Q&A with Pastor Maldonado

Conducted and provided by Williams's press office. Q. You had your first official outing for AT&T Williams yesterday, how did it feel? Pastor Maldonado: Driving the FW33 and getting a feel for the new car was great! My run wasn't that long, but we are concentrating on learning the car to begin with and I was preparing myself for today's programme. Q. Did you run KERS and the rear wing flap yesterday? PM: We didn't run KERS. On some laps I did use the rear […]

Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011

Valencia Test line up

The program for next week...