AT&T Williams enjoyed their first double points-paying race of the season today in front of a home crowd at the British Grand Prix. Rubens Barrichello’s competitive form continued at Silverstone, where he took two places off the line to move into sixth place before gaining a further position in the second half of the race. [...]

Rubens Barrichello is ‘satisfied’ after taking 8th place in qualifying for Williams at Silverstone today, though the Brazilian says the team still have to improve and will be looking to make up a couple of places in the race tomorrow. “Top eight in qualifying is a good effort by the team,” said the veteran Brazilian. [...]

Rubens Barrichello (10th, 10th) “I was very surprised by Silverstone today. I really love this circuit, it is one of my favourites, but it’s really, really bumpy. It’s quite odd and I’m sorry to say this because I’m usually such a fan. We weren’t anticipating such a bumpy track, so we had to make a [...]

Williams will be bringing considerable updates to the British Grand Prix, in the hope it will boost their performance in what has been a disappointing first half to the 2010 season. Technical director Sam Michael explained the changes, but added that they will not definitely be used on Saturday and Sunday: “The FW32 will have [...]

Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg has today driven a Porsche 911 around the infamous Nurburgring Nordschleife, but it was no normal Porsche 911. It was the GT3 R Hybrid, which uses KERS-style flywheel technology developed by the Hybrid power branch of the Williams F1 team. Hulkenberg said: Great car, fascinating technology and an incomparable track.  This circuit [...]

Williams are one of the most famous and illustrious names in F1, having won 9 constructors’ championships and 7 drivers’ championships, since their first Grand Prix in 1978. However in recent years they have drifted slowly down the grid, and sadly 2009 was no different, with them finishing the 7th best team. For 2010 the [...]

The 2010 Williams FW32 has been caught in a spy shot by motorsport publication Autosport, at its first shakedown run ahead of a maiden test at Valencia next week with F1 rookie Nico Hulkenberg at the wheel. Sam Michael, the Williams technical director, told Autosport: “The FW32 is a clean-sheet design from front to back,” [...]

Williams drivers Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg have spoken of their excitement to be racing for the team next year. Barrichello, the most experienced F1 driver in history, and GP2 champ Hulkenberg were talking during a session recorded for Al Jazeera. And team boss Frank Williams says the 2010 car will be better than this [...]

Gary Paffett of McLaren topped the timesheets in today’s second young drivers test at Jerez, with the 2005 DTM champion and long-time McLaren test driver setting a fastest time of 01:18.718 in a day dogged by rain. The Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg with a 2010 race seat for the team set a time of a 1:19.184 in his [...]

The new Mercedes team have today announced their two drivers for the Young Drivers Test at Jerez, Spain which will take place later this month – Mike Conway and Marcus Ericsson. Mike Conway, the 26 year old from Kent, England has previously won the Formula Renault and British F3 titles. This year he has competed [...]