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Williams See Hulkenberg as a Future Champion

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The Williams 2010 driver line-up, which pairs veteran Rubens Barrichello with rookie Nico Hulkenberg, is notbable at least in one respect, for matching the most experienced driver on the grid with a relative novice.  This is by design.  Williams have been using Hulkenberg as a tester up to now (although, under the current rules, this [...]

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Williams Confirm Barrichello and Hulkenberg

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The Williams Formula 1 team have formally announced their driver line-up for 2010.  The new pilots will be veteran Rubens Barrichello and rookie Nico Hulkenberg.  It had been anticipated for several weeks that both of the current Williams drivers, Kazuki Nakajima and Nico Rosberg would be replaced, and in recent days the addition of Barrichello [...]

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Nico Rosberg Confirms Exit from Williams

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On the eve of the final race weekend of 2009, in Abu Dhabi, Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg has confirmed that he’ll be leaving the Williams team at the end of the this season.  As reported in The Guardian, Rosberg said, “It is my last race for Williams so it’s a bit strange.  “It’s been [...]

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Barrichello and Hulkenberg at Williams in 2010

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The driver line-up for the Williams Formula 1 team for 2010 will be this year’s Brawn pilot, Rubens Barrichello, and current Williams tester Nico Hulkenberg, according to an interview with Willi Weber in Germany’s Bild am Sonntag.  Weber, who guided Michael Schumacher’s ultra-successful career, is now the manager of the younger German driver, Hulkenberg. Weber [...]

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Barrichello Denies Williams Deal for 2010

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Brawn Driver Rubens Barrichello now says that he has yet to sign a deal for 2010 and beyond.  It had been reported previously in the Brazilian press that Barrichello had already inked a deal with Williams for $8 million per year, a four-fold increase over his current salary at Brawn.  But this report might have [...]

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Williams Terminate Toyota Deal

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Williams Grand Prix have confirmed that they are terminating their engine contract with Toyota one year ahead of schedule. Both Renault and Cosworth have been mentioned as possible replacements for Toyota. As reported in The Guardian, team principal Frank Williams said, “At a time of great difficulty for us as a team, Toyota stepped forward [...]

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