News Details

Stroll impressing Williams in Villeneuve-like rookie test programme

Williams' outgoing tech chief Pat Symonds says he was impressed by Lance Stroll's performances in his pre-F1 test programme, likening the Canadian's preparation to that of compatriot Jacques Villeneuve. Stroll will be entering F1 in next year, graduating into a Williams race seat after he became European F3 champion in 2016. Faced with a big jump from F3 to F1, the Canadian is going through an extensive testing programme, one that Symonds compared to how Williams prepared compatriot Villeneuve for his respective F1 debut two decades ago. Villeneuve was runner-up in his first year in F1 in 1996, before becoming champion with Williams in 1997. "There were those programmes - I think...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Symonds to leave Williams at end of year

– Williams has announced that Pat Symonds will be stepping down...
9y ago from GPUpdate.net

Williams announce departure of Pat Symonds

Williams F1 Team have announced that tech boss Pat Symonds will not be...
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Pat Symonds to leave Williams F1

Williams Grand Prix Holdings have announced that Pat Symonds will be...
9y ago from F1Technical.net

Symonds leaves Williams

Williams has confirmed that Pat Symonds will step down as Chief Technical...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 673 – 28.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

'He is fighting the ball' - Paul Merson claims one...

Arsenal legend Paul Merson believes striker Viktor Gyökeres is trying too...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal 2-1 Brighton: Gunners go back on top after...

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video...
7h ago from Arseblog.com

'It feels like a basketball match kind of energy' -...

Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright noted the Gunners' struggles up front in...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.