Williams gives Massa Brazilian GP car as leaving gift.
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, Feb 19 2016 12:22
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Posted 26 November 2016 - 23:13
Jebiga, kad ga je pokrsio, jeftinije je da mu ga daju, nego da ga ravnjaju na hidraulickoj stolici :-)))). Bez zezanja, fantastican gest.
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Posted 15 December 2016 - 13:05
Williams has asked Felipe Massa to defer his retirement from Formula 1 by one year to compensate for Valtteri Bottas’ potential departure to Mercedes, French publication L’Equipe reports on Thursday.
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Posted 20 December 2016 - 14:33
Williams F1 technical boss Pat Symonds leaves the team
The Williams Formula 1 team's chief technical officer Pat Symonds has parted company with the team, Autosport has learned.
Symonds, 63, has been Williams's technical boss since joining the team from Virgin Racing - now Manor F1 - in mid-2013.
In his first full season after joining, 2014, Williams finished third in the constructors' championship, a feat it repeated in 2015. But this year the team slipped to fifth in the table, behind fellow independent Force India.
Symonds' departure comes amid strong rumours that Paddy Lowe, executive director (technical) of Mercedes, is due to switch to Williams, in a senior technical role.
Symonds, an aerodynamicist by training, has been a leading Formula 1 engineer since the early 1980s, when he joined the Toleman team. He remained with the team when it was taken over by Benetton in 1984, staying on again when it became a Renault 'works' entry for 2002.
As executive director of engineering, Symonds remained a central figure at the Enstone-based squad when its success peaked with back-to-back drivers' and constructors' titles with Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006.
He had previously worked with F1 champions Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Nelson Piquet, as well as numerous race winners including Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Gerhard Berger.
Symonds' Renault career was marred by his involvement in the 2008 Singapore GP crash scandal, for which he was suspended from Formula 1.
This ban was later overturned, however, with Symonds receiving compensation and permission from the FIA to return to a full-time role in the sport.
Williams declined to comment when contacted by Autosport.
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