Williams has confirmed that Robert Kubica volunteered to give up his final scheduled afternoon of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Barcelona in order to give Lance Stroll more time behind the wheel of the FW41 car.
Lance Stroll is confident that he can step up as team leader for Williams in Formula 1 this year as he partners rookie driver Sergey Sirotkin following Felipe Massa's retirement.
Williams Formula 1 technical chief Paddy Lowe says the team pursued a “very different aerodynamic concept” with its 2018 car that has allowed it to make significant gains ahead of the new season.
Ex-Williams Formula 1 engineer Rod Nelson has joined the NIO Formula E team as its new head of research and development. Nelson leaves Williams after four years in the role of chief test and support engineer, having also enjoyed stints in F1 with Lotus, Renault, Benetton and Arrows.
Williams will not make a final decision regarding its 2018 Formula 1 line-up until the new year as it continues to mull over who will partner Lance Stroll next season.
Lance Stroll is relaxed about whoever will race alongside him in Formula 1 next year, saying he simply wants a “team player” to help lift Williams up the grid.
Williams Formula 1 technical chief Paddy Lowe believes it is "unreasonable" to take the points difference between Lance Stroll and Felipe Massa as a fair reflection of their respective seasons after the Canadian youngster moved clear in the drivers' championship last weekend in Mexico.
Felipe Massa wants Williams to show that it wants to keep him as part of its Formula 1 line-up for the 2018 season if he is to extend his unexpected reprieve with the team into a second year.