News Details

Williams to test new seat belts at Suzuka

Williams plans to test new seat belts at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix following the problems that Valtteri Bottas suffered in Singapore last month. Bottas was forced to pit during the Marina Bay race when his belts came loose – and subsequent investigations by the team could not pinpoint an exact reason for what happened. With the belts being of vital importance for safety, Williams has decided that it will switch from Willans to OMP as the supplier. Tests with OMP will be conducted in Friday practice at Suzuka to check everything is okay, and then the plan is for Bottas and Felipe Massa to switch over fully from the United States Grand Prix. Williams performance chief Rob Smedley...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Williams switch seatbelt manufacturer after issue

Valtteri Bottas has confirmed that Williams F1 have switched seat belt...
8y ago from F1Technical.net

Hulkenberg outlines tyre importance in Kuala Lumpur

Following major renovations done to the Sepang International Circuit,...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Williams may change seat belt supplier after Bottas...

Williams is likely to change its seat belt supplier as the team continues...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Road America – Qualifying Results

The NTT IndyCar Series took a trip to the historic Road America circuit...

IndyCar officially delays new chassis to 2028 season

The NTT IndyCar Series has released more details about its new engine and...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rallies around the world: The ones not to miss – and...

Rallying is unlike any other motorsport. It doesn’t unfold on pristine...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“At one point we almost had no players” - Jurrien...

Jurrien Timber is expecting a busy transfer window for Arsenal, with the...
14h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Real Madrid ready to put Rodrygo and 3 other first...

Real Madrid are ready to offload Rodrygo Goes, Fran Garcia, Dani Ceballos,...
14h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal initiate move to sign playmaker regarded as a...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder...
19h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal could launch surprise move for 31-year-old...

Arsenal could reportedly launch a move for Brentford midfielder Christian...
18h 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.