Williams

Team co-owner Patrick Head has confirmed that, contrary to recent speculation, the Icelandic investment group Baugur did not buy a slice of Williams over the recent winter period.The British team is, however, heavily involved with Baugur, with associated brands including All Saints, mydiamonds.com and Hamley`s all prominently displayed on the FW30 livery.“It is true that […]

Nico Rosberg
I`m looking forward to this weekend

Formula One`s European season opens this weekend with the 37th Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya, located to the north of Barcelona in Montmeló. Hosting the race for the 17th time, Catalunya is a favoured testing venue among the teams, and is a well known entity to the drivers who have all banked […]

Celebrating their 30th anniversary of Formula One competition seems to have boosted Williams’ motivation to return to the forefront of the sport this season. BMW Sauber, Ferrari and McLaren may lead the constructors’ race at present, but the British team are in the charging pack.
So far they have built up an impressive tally of points, […]

With heavy rain in the morning and intermittent rain in the afternoon, there was little on track activity today in the final day of testing at Circuit de Catalunya.Kazuki Nakajima took over testing duties today for the Williams Toyota team from Nico Rosberg, and put in 61-laps of the Spanish Grand Prix circuit as the […]

Williams Toyota were one of nine teams in action today at Circuit de Catalunya as testing resumed ahead of the fourth round of the championship.Kazuki Nakajima was charged with ongoing development of the FW30, putting in 72-laps of the 4.655km circuit, with a best lap of 1:22.431s - seventh fastest.

Nico Rosberg is adamant there is more to come from his Williams team after a promising start to the 2008 season.
The Grove-based squad enjoyed a sensational season opener in Australia, with Rosberg scoring his first podium finish and teammate Kazuki Nakajima going on to take sixth position.
Although Williams endured a troubled Malaysian Grand Prix, Rosberg […]

The AT&T Williams team collected a point for its efforts in the Bahrain Grand Prix today with Nico Rosberg finishing on par with his eighth place grid position. Kazuki Nakajima`s ambitions were hampered by a start problem and an early spin which demoted him to the back of the field, from where he fought back […]

Nico Rosberg - 9th: “In the final analysis I guess I should go home happy as we got a point, but I don`t feel satisfied. We should have done better. However it was very difficult out there, the tyre performance was very changeable and the wind conditions were different to Friday when we set our […]

Sir Frank Williams has backed Formula One`s expansion, but thinks Bernie Ecclestone should pay for the privilege of a longer calendar. A raft of team bosses recently said they would agree to the F1 Chief Executive`s desire for 20 races a season. “We support 20 (races) providing Bernie recognises it costs a lot more […]

Having enjoyed relative competitiveness at the Sakhir circuit in the past, the AT&T Williams team was able to make a positive step forwards from its qualifying performance at the last race in Malaysia, although the team was only able to get one car through to Q3, leaving further room for improvement. Nico will start tomorrow`s […]

Nico Rosberg - 8th: “I am happy because we are back where we expected to be at the moment, which is behind the top three teams, so 8th position is more or less the best we can do. It would have been nice to be ahead of Jarno Trulli, but he was a little bit […]

Nico Rosberg took Williams to the top of the timesheets in Bahrain on Saturday morning, with a best lap of 1m 32.521s set in the closing moments. That displaced Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, whose 1m 32.726s had just deposed Robert Kubica’s BMW Sauber. Kubica ended up seventh, as four other drivers beat his 1m 33.024s best.
They […]

As is becoming traditional this year, the final practice session ahead of qualifying brought more than a few surprises. However, as in Melbourne and Sepang, it remains to be seen how relevant the lap times and positions really are. After dominating the Friday running, Felipe Massa had to be content with second position this morning […]

The AT&T Williams team had a productive three hours of practice time on track today, providing a good start to preparations for Sunday`s Bahrain Grand Prix. The team has benefited from a trouble-free day which has enabled the engineers and drivers to investigate some alternative set-up options early in the weekend.
Nico Rosberg: I am happier […]

Nico Rosberg believes his Williams team are “back to normal” in Bahrain after struggling for pace at the Malaysian Grand Prix two weeks ago.
The British squad enjoyed a strong start to the season in Australia, with Rosberg finishing in third place and teammate Kazuki Nakajima in sixth.
However, Williams struggled in Sepang, where neither driver were […]

Nico Rosberg - 6th: “I am happier with the car here compared to the last race in Malaysia and I think we are back to normal now, which is encouraging. The circuit surface suits our car better, which in turn made it much more enjoyable to drive.
“Over the two sessions we made some very […]

Felipe Massa got his Bahrain Grand Prix campaign off to a strong start by setting the fastest time in Friday morning’s first practice session. The Brazilian lapped the Sakhir circuit in 1m 32.233s in his Ferrari, narrowly beating team mate Kimi Raikkonen, who was 0.117s behind with 1m 32.350s.
The other fast times came, no doubt […]

Formula One moves from the Far East to the Middle East this week as Bahrain`s state-of-the-art Sakhir circuit hosts the third round of the 2008 Formula One World Championship and the last of the season-opening long haul races this Sunday, 6th April.
Located on the only island within the Persian Gulf, and thirty kilometres from […]

Nico Rosberg: “I`m really looking forward to this weekend. Bahrain is one of my favourite tracks and I`ve had some great results there. Last year, we didn`t get the best out of the weekend, but we`ve learnt from that and we`ll be better this year, and we will come back stronger after the struggles in […]

Nico Rosberg has said he will still take positives away from the first two races of the year, despite his disastrous Malaysian Grand Prix weekend.
On the back of a maiden podium finish at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Rosberg`s Williams team found that their FW30 could not generate enough grip from its tyres on the […]

After a poor qualifying session on Saturday in Sepang, the AT&T Williams team was not able to score points in today`s Malaysian Grand Prix as various events compromised the team`s ability to follow their planned strategies. Nico Rosberg had to make an unscheduled stop after the race start following damage to his front wing and […]

Williams`s technical director Sam Michael says the British squad will move on and try to forget their disappointing Malaysian Grand Prix.
Much was expected from the team following their strong start to the season in Australia, where Nico Rosberg finished in third position.
But Williams struggled all weekend in Sepang, with Rosberg qualifying down in 16th place […]

Nico Rosberg - 14th: “I knew that starting from 16th I would have to take some risks to make the race worthwhile and in fact it went well off the line considering I was carrying a lot of fuel. But then I came together with Timo Glock. When he left a gap, I went for […]