Q. What areas of the new car did the team focus on yesterday in Valencia? Sam Michael: We did a couple of really basic mechanical tests read more »

Yesterday, the Williams F1 Team started testing yesterday at the Valencia track in an interim livery. After the first day of testing, Sam Michael talked about the work done at... read more »

Sam Michael reveals that a radical gearbox design has been key to the appearance of the new Williams FW33 read more »

A brief chat with Williams' technical director Sam Michael read more »

Q and A with Sam Michael read more »

Sam Michael, Technical Director: "It’s been a good day in terms of getting through things. We had a problem with KERS this morning so we read more »

In a recent interview, Rubens Barrichello described this year's Williams-Cosworth FW33 as "aggressive". It's a sentiment shared by technical director Sam... read more »

Sam Bird believes that Mercedes achieved the targets that it set out to during the two-day rookie test in Abu Dhabi read more »

The Young Driver Test concluded in Abu Dhabi today with GP2 racer Sam Bird continuing his driving responsibilities for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team on the second and final day... read more »

Sam Bird was delighted to have ended his second full day of Formula 1 testing with Mercedes Grand Prix on a high, posting the third fastest overall time in the afternoon after... read more »

Following the second of two days for this year’s Young Driver test session in Abu Dhabi, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo has finished at the top of the timesheets with ease,... read more »

Mercedes' Sam Bird threatened to upstage Daniel Ricciardo, but the Red Bull youngster hit back to finish the rookie testing session with the best time... read more »

The first day of the official Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi began today with British GP2 racer Sam Bird driving for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team. Sam completed 67 laps,... read more »

Like Sam Bird at Mercedes at Paul di Resta at Force India during the morning, Jules Bianchi and Ferrari did not target out-and-out pace as Young Driver testing began in Abu... read more »

Britain’s Sam Bird returned to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, having first driven such a machine in a straight-line test for Williams in 2007 before... read more »

Williams achieved its sole target in Abu Dhabi on Sunday: to finish ahead of Force India for sixth place in the Constructors’ Championship. Technical Director Sam Michael... read more »

The Abu Dhabi GP was a fruitless one for the Williams F1 team, as neither Rubens Barrichello or Nico Hulkenberg managed to be in the points despite Barrichello's entry... read more »

Sergio Perez secured second place in the GP2 drivers' championship after a dominant display in Saturday's feature race saw him win by over twenty seconds from Oliver... read more »

As the plaudits continue to rain down on Nico Hülkenberg - this time from Williams technical director Sam Michael - Sir Jackie Stewart argues the young German 'will... read more »

The Williams F1 team managed to snatch sixth place in the Constructors’ Championship following Nico Hülkenberg's eighth place finish in Brazil last weekend. Hülkenberg... read more »

Williams technical director Sam Michael looks back at the Brazilian GP weekend read more »

Williams technical director Sam Michael discusses, among other things, Nico Hulkenberg's 'exceptional' performance in Brazil... read more »

Mercedes has announced that Sam Bird will drive for the team at the young driver test days to be held at the Yas Marina Circuit on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 November.  read more »

GP2 driver Sam Bird will take part in the post-season Young Driver test after landing a Mercedes GP trial... read more »

Mercedes has confirmed that Sam Bird will drive for the team at the Young Driver test days to be held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17... read more »