The Australian Grand Prix reaped little reward for Williams, with Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado both retiring from the race with transmission problems. read more »

Williams was one of two teams to experience a double retirement at the start of the new season, with both Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado suffering transmission... read more »

Q: Neither FW33 finished the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. What caused the retirements of Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado? Sam Michael: We had transmission... read more »

Transmission problems claimed both Williams in Australia on Sunday, with Pastor Maldonado having become the first retirement of the season before fellow South American Rubens... read more »

Williams have said that Rubens Barrichello had a problem with his Drag Reduction System (DRS) during the Australian Grand Prix which meant it was wrongly programmed for use on... read more »

In a race that ended prematurely for both Williams drivers, Rubens Barrichello has revealed that he wasn't even trying to overtake Nico Rosberg when the pair collided in... read more »

Nico Rosberg expressed surprise that his race was ended when he was hit by Rubens Barrichello read more »

Nico Rosberg says he was "surprised" when Rubens Barrichello crashed into him in Melbourne, although the Williams' man says Rosberg "braked early"... read more »

Rubens Barrichello says he was not trying to pass Nico Rosberg when he made contact with the Mercedes GP driver during the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

It was a miserable debut for the Williams FW33 after it suffered from fatal transmission issues on both Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado's cars. The duo read more »

Mechanical failures on both AT&T Williams race cars retired Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado from today’s opening Grand Prix in Australia. Prior to retiring on... read more »

Sam Michael, Technical Director: After problems with the sector settings on the moveable rear wing, Rubens’ FW33 had a strong opening pace and he was read more »

Rubens Barrichello hopes that his chances of recovering into the points in the Australian Grand Prix are boosted by the fact that he has several sets of brand new tyres left. read more »

Today’s inaugural qualifying of the 2011 season concluded in Q2 for both AT&T Williams drivers. Pastor Maldonado was rather unfortunate when setting his quick laps,... read more »

Fifteenth and 17th on the grid may not look like much for Williams following a 'troublesome' day in Melbourne, but Rubens Barrichello admits he is encouraged by the... read more »

Rubens Barrichello has admitted that the spin that put him out of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix was entirely his fault read more »

Venezuela’s Pastor Maldonado is upbeat heading into his first Formula 1 race in Melbourne on Saturday. Despite being out-qualified by Sergio Pérez, who he beat to the GP2... read more »

Rubens Barrichello admitted that the spin that cost him a shot at qualifying in top ten for the Australian Grand Prix was down to driver error read more »

Michael Schumacher was the biggest casualty in second qualifying for the Australian GP, although Rubens Barrichello ran him close. read more »

Rubens Barrichello has labelled his Q2 error as ‘a pure error’, with the Brazilian now set to start the opening race of the season from 17th on the grid. After a troubled... read more »

A gearbox leak left Rubens Barrichello rooted to the garage for over half of Melbourne’s final practice session on Saturday afternoon, Williams has reported to GPUpdate.net.  read more »

GP2 Champion Pastor Maldonado rounded out his first Formula 1 practice day with 18th place in Melbourne on Friday, 2.1 seconds down on more experienced team-mate Rubens... read more »

Rubens Barrichello: That was quite a straight forward day. We were able to run KERS throughout, which is only the second time that I’ve had read more »

Local favourite Mark Webber led a Red Bull 1-2 in the opening practice session of the 2011 Formula 1 season on Friday afternoon. Behind the Milton Keynes cars, Fernando Alonso... read more »

Rubens Barrichello was relieved to finally make it to Australia on Thursday after a nightmare trip to get to the opening race of the season. read more »