Williams Racing Barcelona pre-season track session preview and quotes 21.02.2022: FORMULA 1 pre-season test Circuit Barcelona - Catalunya 23-25 February 2022 Williams Racing heads to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain this week along with its 2022 challenger, the recently launched FW44, as the ten Formula One team

FORMULA 1 pre-season test
Circuit Barcelona - Catalunya
23-25 February 2022





Williams Racing heads to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain this week along with its 2022 challenger, the recently launched FW44, as the ten Formula One teams gather for a pre-season track session.



Both Nicholas Latifi and Alex Albon will get to familiarise themselves with the new car over three days of running between 23-25 February, whilst the team utilise the session to gather vital data.



The Williams Racing driving schedule is due to be:
 

Morning Session    Afternoon Session

Wednesday 23 February     Nicholas Latifi    Alex Albon
Thursday 24 February    Alex Albon    Nicholas Latifi
Friday 25
February    Nicholas Latifi    Alex Albon

Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: “The FW44 is very different to previous cars, both in appearance and under the skin, and this will require a fresh approach. Our objectives in Barcelona are to understand the new car and to learn how to optimise it for the range of tracks that we will visit this season.


We will also explore the performance potential of the new aerodynamic package and begin the key process of correlating the on-track performance to the wind tunnel predictions.



We are quite accustomed to testing in Barcelona in February and we know that the overall performance of the car in these conditions is not very representative of most circuits that we will encounter over the next nine months. Therefore, we will be looking to understand the potential of the car and how it responds to changes that we make, gathering data and knowledge that we can call upon during the season.

As well as the new car and Pirelli tyres, we also welcome Alex Albon to the team. Alex has been working with his engineers for many weeks now and has settled in very well but there is no substitute for time in the real car and we are very much looking forward to seeing him in action, working closely with Nicholas and developing the crucial bond with the team.

 


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