As reported on BBC SPORT “Flavio was never keen for me to go to Williams and I know I made a costly mistake by not listening to him,” said Mark Webber. “He was very keen for me to go to Red Bull next season, so I wasn’t going to ignore his advice a second time [...]
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Webber laments stint at Williams
Posted: October 19, 2006 by Neeraj in Drivers, Flavio Briatore, Mark Webber, Red Bull, Sir Frank Williams, Team Chief, Teams, Williams0
Bernie tells McLaren to sign Hamilton
Posted: October 5, 2006 by Neeraj in Bernie Ecclestone, Drivers, Fernando Alonso, FIA, Formula-One, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, Ron Dennis, Sir Frank Williams, Team Chief, TeamsAs reported on homeofsport F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has joined Sir Frank Williams in urging McLaren to sign Lewis Hamilton to be Fernando Alonso’s teammate next year. “We need more fresh faces, Ron Dennis really should sign him up.” Now that the Supremo has spoken, I’ll say there is good chances of Hamilton driving for [...]
Williams backs Hamilton for McLaren drive
Posted: October 4, 2006 by Neeraj in Drivers, Formula-One, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, Ron Dennis, Sir Frank Williams, Team Chief, Teams, WilliamsAs reported on autosport.com Frank Williams says he would not think twice about bringing young Briton Lewis Hamilton into Formula One next season if he were McLaren’s Ron Dennis. “I wouldn’t be so presumptuous as to tell Ron Dennis… how to do his job,” the team boss wrote in the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Wednesday. [...]
Piquet set to replace Kovalainen at Renault
Posted: August 24, 2006 by Neeraj in Formula-One, Heikki Kovalainen, Kimi Raikkonen, Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault, Sir Frank Williams, Teams, Test Drivers, WilliamsAs reported on homeofsport Nelson Piquet Jr, the GP2-driving son of Brazil’s triple world champion, has moved into pole position to replace Heikki Kovalainen in the Renault test seat of 2007. With his Finnish predecessor set to score the plum race seat, the 21-year-old [Piquet Jr] is not only linked with the third driver role, [...]
Ferrari set for Schu-Kimi lineup
Posted: July 6, 2006 by Neeraj in Drivers, Ferrari, Formula-One, Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes, Michael Schumacher, Sir Frank Williams, Teams, WilliamsAs reported on HomeofSport Ferrari are heading towards a dream driver lineup pairing Michael Schumacher alongside Kimi Räikkönen for 2007. That’s the opinion of rival team principal Sir Frank Williams…. ‘Ferrari have a massive budget and probably a $60m driver bill next year – that’s the way it looks,’ Williams told Speed TV. Hinting at [...]
Williams to lose Budweiser money
Posted: July 5, 2006 by Neeraj in Budweiser, Formula-One, Sir Frank Williams, Sponsors, Teams, WilliamsAs reported on updatesport.com Sir Frank Williams says he expects to lose at least one of his Grove based team’s sponsors at the end of the season. ”Budweiser I think will go,’ the 64-year-old was quoted as saying by ‘Speed TV’. He said Budweiser has also pulled out of a soccer deal, and are ‘driven [...]
