Start your engines: Williams Racing with Jodie Kidd
Model and racing driver Jodie Kidd explores the factory of the Williams Racing Formula One team, as its drivers and engineers prepare for a new season.
With new leadership in full swing at Williams Racing, model and racing driver Jodie Kidd gets exclusive access to explore the factory of the once-great British F1 team.
Nestled in the Oxfordshire countryside, the Williams Racing factory is a hub of activity as engineers and mechanics work around the clock to produce the best car they can. In this programme, we鈥檒l follow the various changes to the barge board, an integral part of an F1 car, through the first half of the 2021 season.
Operations director James Colgate gives us a guided tour of the factory floor, while Dave Robson, head of vehicle performance, talks us through the intricacies of the racing car.
Jodie also meets Williams driver George Russell, who will take us into the simulator and explain how the smallest of changes can make or break a race.
Williams Racing was founded in 1977 by Frank Williams who, until last year, still ran the team, with the help of his daughter, Claire Williams. Through the 1980s and 1990s, Williams was a tour de force, with the best cars and best drivers in Formula 1 and an enviable winning streak. In recent times, though, Williams have found themselves at the bottom of the grid and the league tables on an almost weekly basis.
We鈥檒l learn about the intricacies of the car and get a sense of the teamwork involved in building and maintaining one of the world's fastest cars.
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