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F1 FLIES FIRST CLASS?

You might be waiting a little while longer if you generally turn right when getting on a plane, but if you’re privileged enough to fly in the premium classes you might soon find yourself settling into the calming embrace of a seat made from innovative Formula 1-derived materials. In fact, elements of your seat may even have once been part of an F1 car…

Williams might be going through a challenging period on track, but it remains a design and technology powerhouse and its Advanced Engineering division is growing rapidly – it took on 30% more staff last year alone. A prototype premium-class aircraft seat created by WAE in partnership with aviation specialist JPA Design sits in the factory foyer alongside a mouthwateringly exclusive Singer Porsche 911, one of the reimagined and restored 964-generation Porkers now graced with a WAE-upgraded air-cooled engine producing around 500bhp. There’s also a ‘Babypod’,

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