News Stories tagged with 'kazuki'

25 Apr

Kazuki's Thursday Blog in Spain

Trips to London, and Barcelona twice in a week...

06 Apr

Kazuki's Sunday Blog in Bahrain

I didn’t have a great race in Bahrain. The anti-stall kicked in at the start and I then spun on the oil on lap two, after which I was only ever fighting for the minor positions. It was a bit…

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05 Apr

Kazuki's Blog - Friday in Bahrain

How fit do you need to be to drive a Formula 1 car? It’s a question that I get asked repeatedly by fans, and it’s a difficult one to answer. Driving an F1 car is unlike anything else I’ve ever…

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05 Apr

Kazuki's Saturday Blog in Bahrain

We’ve changed the set-up of the FW30 quite a lot this weekend, which has meant long days at the track looking at telemetry and discussing the handling characteristics of the car with my engineers. As a result, there hasn’t been…

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04 Apr

Kazuki's Blog - Thursday in Bahrain

What is it about my trainer Nick Harris and coats? When he sent me into the heat and humidity of Malaysia wearing two coats a fortnight ago, I thought I’d seen it all. I was wrong.

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25 Mar

Kazuki's Blog - Sunday in Malaysia

Sunday - After that race... Knowing what to do between now and the Bahrain Grand Prix in two weeks time has been a bit of a dilemma for me. Many of the drivers aren't returning to Europe, preferring to stay…

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23 Mar

Kazuki's Blog - Saturday in Malaysia

SATURDAY These are not ideal circumstances. When my parents decided prior to the start of the season to come to the Malaysian Grand Prix, I quietly hoped that I’d qualify well and be challenging for points in the race.

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21 Mar

Kazuki's Blog - Thursday in Malaysia

Finally I understand the lure of air travel. Well, being a pilot anyway. Today’s launch of the AT&T Williams-liveried Air Asia Airbus A320 gave me a chance to sit in the cockpit of a commercial plane for the first time…

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21 Mar

Kazuki's Blog - Friday in Malaysia

FRIDAY: Practice Day You can train for something until you’re blue in the face, but there’s nothing quite like the real thing. By that, I mean the 60-degree cockpit heat that I experienced during practice in my FW30 today. It was…

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17 Mar

Australian GP Kazuki's Saturday Blog

I’m not great with heights, so it was with some trepidation that I headed skyward for an AT&T function this evening. We were in the Rialto Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Melbourne, and the lift kept going until…

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