Posts Tagged ‘Sam Michael’
Williams celebrating Rubens 300th in Belgium
Sam Michael, Technical Director Spa is a fantastic circuit and a definite challenge for the engineers and drivers. Sectors 1 and 3 require low drag, while Sector 2 requires maximum downforce, so a well compromised set-up is crucial for getting a quick lap time. Spa is a real driver’s circuit and one of the greatest [...]
Q+A with Sam Michael
AT&T Williams F1 Technical Director, Sam Michael, reviews the team’s performance in the Hungarian Grand Prix… Were you satisfied with the performance of the FW32 at the Hungaroring? We are definitely making progress with the car, but we need to find a few more tenths if we are to regularly qualify in Q3. Nico made [...]
Williams must improve start set-up
Sam Michael, Technical Director The slow, traction-limiting corners of Budapest should suit the FW32 so we’re going there expecting a decent performance. We obviously have to make some improvements to our starts set-up, so we’ve been busy analysing and working on that since Germany. During Friday’s practice sessions, we will also be testing some new [...]
German GP review with Sam Michael
How did the inclement weather on Friday and Saturday morning affect your preparations for a dry race? It did have some bearing in that we had some new parts that we wanted to test but couldn’t due to the bad weather. We will now run them in Budapest. Everything else, including work on set-up, tyres [...]
Williams with further modifications
Originally a curious cocktail of tight corners that ran through a packed stadium and long straights that bisected dense, deserted forestation, Hockenheim was shortened in 2002 in the interests of spectatorfriendliness. Although it has been trimmed, however, cars still reach 309kph at the circuit’s fastest point – which puts it equal third in the maximum [...]
Q+A with Sam Michael
The team talked to Technical Director, Sam Michael, after this weekend’s race at Silverstone from which the team returned home with another haul of points… The team introduced a blown diffuser at the British Grand Prix. What performance benefits did it bring and did you have any reliability issues with it? Using the exhaust to [...]
