Williams are fully prepared for this weekends Monaco Grand Prix, even though a freak fire tore through their garage after the Spanish Grand Prix last time out. This incident occurred whilst the majority of the team were celebrating after Pastor Maldonado had won Williams’ first victory since 2004.
As the garage was quickly evacuated, many team personnel from up and down the grid rushed to the scene to tackle the flames, with 31 team personnel in total being taken to the Circuit de Catalunya’s medical facilities after the incident. With lots of equipment damaged during the blaze, Williams were set with a mighty task to be prepared for the Monaco Grand Prix.
“On the back of Pastor’s excellent win in Barcelona both drivers are eager to get back on track, aiming to bring both cars home in the points on Sunday afternoon.” Said the teams Chief Operations Engineer, Mark Gillan. “The team’s preparations for Monaco have been somewhat hampered by last Sunday’s garage fire, but the impact of the fire has been mitigated by what can only be described as a Herculean effort by the factory and our suppliers to restock both the damaged equipment and car parts. We would also like to thank the generous offers of help from the other teams, highlighting once more the excellent sportsmanship that exists in Formula One and high levels of camaraderie throughout the pit lane.”
Both Williams drivers’ are looking forward to this weekends Monaco Grand Prix, with both Senna and Maldonado rating the Monte-Carlo street circuit as one of their favorite tracks on the calendar. Bruno’s uncle Ayrton is the most successful driver around the track, winning six times in his career. With both Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado having won around the streets of Monaco throughout their GP2 careers, they will undeniably be eager to replicate such success in Formula 1, in a car which has already been victorious in 2012.
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