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Silverstone festival celebrates 75 years of racing with classic F1 cars on display

Formula One central to celebrations at iconic landmark

Evening Standard

10 key elements to watch at the Silverstone Festival

This year is a special one for Silverstone. The Northamptonshire circuit is celebrating 75 years since motorsport was first hosted at the old airfield and this weekend's Silverstone Festival event is set to be a great way to mark the occasion.

Autosport

F1 teams facing rookie FP1 scheduling headache

The FIA rules specify that every race driver has to give up an FP1 session for a rookie who has started no more than two grands prix.

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Vowles: Five-year plans "remarkably meaningless" in F1

Former Mercedes man Vowles took over the reins of Williams at the start of this year, having been appointed by owners Dorilton Capital to oversee a complete overhaul of the historic Grove squad.

Autosport

Williams won't sacrifice F1 future for "a millisecond more" from 2023 car

Vowles was headhunted by Williams owners Dorilton from Mercedes at the start of this year to oversee a total rebuild of the struggling squad.

Motorsport

Williams won't sacrifice future for "a millisecond more" from 2023 F1 car

Vowles was headhunted by Williams owner Dorilton from Mercedes at the start of this year to oversee a total rebuild of the struggling squad.

Autosport

Acura LMP2 that only raced once to return to action at Silverstone Festival

Masters Endurance Legends frontrunner Steve Tandy, who has sold the second-generation Peugeot 908 LMP1 turbodiesel in which he was a race winner last year, will drive an Acura that has been restored by BBM Sport.

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Cadillac promotes Aitken to full-time IMSA role for 2024

Former Williams Formula 1 reserve Aitken will partner Pipo Derani for the entire 2024 campaign at the wheel of AXR’s Whelen Engineering-branded #31 Cadillac V-Series.R.

Autosport

How the downwash solution ended up winning F1's sidepod war

However, despite some clearly more prescriptive regulations, there were distinct differences between each machine, with the sidepods, in particular, offering a wide variety of design solutions.

Motorsport

Williams "would have bitten your arm off" for P7 in F1 2023

Williams looked set for another difficult campaign as incoming team principal James Vowles embarked on a huge rebuild of the long-time backmarker.

Motorsport

Williams "would have bitten your arm off" for seventh in F1 2023 standings

Williams looked set for another difficult campaign as incoming team principal James Vowles embarked on a huge rebuild of the long-time backmarker.

Autosport

Webber: Red Bull would get more praise for F1 success if it was a manufacturer

Red Bull celebrated its 100th F1 world championship race win with Max Verstappen’s victory in the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix – an achievement only four other teams (Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Mercedes) have scored in the competition’s 73-year history.

Motorsport

Sargeant "not where I want to be" after mixed first half of F1 2023

Former F2 frontrunner Sargeant was drafted in this year to slot in alongside Alex Albon and found it hard to match his more experienced team-mate while making his fair share of rookie errors.

Motorsport

Vowles: Driver honesty best way of getting new F1 talent

In late 2022, the Grove team tied down lead driver Alex Albon on a multi-year contract, but uncertainty surrounds the future of his stablemate Logan Sargeant for next season.

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Williams F1 success is still a five-year project, says Vowles

Former Mercedes head of strategy Vowles took control of the Grove outfit in February as the replacement for ex-Volkswagen motorsport boss Jost Capito, who left after two years.

Autosport

Is Alpine’s plan to fast-track F1 success a pipe dream?

While former team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane both reckoned that it would realistically take a few more years for the Enstone-based squad to hit its victory targets, the French car manufacturer’s senior management believed it could be done quicker.

Motorsport

Is Alpine's plan to fast-track F1 success a pipe dream?

Motorsport

"Bandwagon" F1 teams prompted collapse of Williams capex push, says Wolff

Williams team boss James Vowles has been seeking greater capital expenditure freedom for his squad, after discovering that its facilities are well down compared to many rivals.

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“Bandwagon” F1 teams prompted collapse of Williams capex push, says Wolff

Williams team boss James Vowles has been seeking greater capital expenditure freedom for his squad, after discovering that its facilities are well down compared to many rivals.

Autosport

The biggest incidents of F1 cheating: Spygate, Crashgate and more

Formula 1 is populated by drivers and teams alike who revel in the competitive aspect, and will do whatever it takes to win.

Motorsport

Vowles: Fry signing a statement of intent on Williams F1's "culture of change"

Last week, Fry was announced as Williams' new CTO, having departed an Alpine team in turmoil after its upper management sacked team boss Otmar Szafnauer and long-time sporting director Alan Permane.

Dynamite News

Williams F1 team drivers share same complaint after failing to score points at Belgian GP

Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant were left to rue high tyre degradation during the Belgian Grand Prix as their flashes of pace across the weekend ended without a points-scoring reward. Read further on Dynamite news:

Motorsport

F1 capital expenditure allowance puts stability at risk - Vasseur

Williams team principal James Vowles has led the quest for extra leeway on investment spending within the cost cap restrictions in order to allow the Grove outfit to update its outdated factory infrastructure.

Autosport

F1 capital expenditure allowance will become a “non-end process” - Vasseur

Autosport

Albon: “Vicious cycle” meant slicks were quicker in the wet at F1 Belgian GP

Spa was seen by the Williams team as a track that would favour the low-drag characteristics of the FW45 and give Albon a chance to repeat the points-scoring form that he’s previously shown this year at Sakhir, Montreal and Silverstone.

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