On the same day as the team revealed a show car in its new 2022 Williams livery, the British team have unleashed the new, metallic blue FW44 out on track at Silverstone for a shakedown.
Or just very slowFrancesc wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 20:09It will be interesting to see with what they come up at Silverstone. With the amount of time they've had to develop the upgrade I hope they don't dissapoint us.
In Baku the FW44 was one of the cars that had the least porpoising. I don't know if it was because they were running it quite high or what.
TBH, I think Williams are so under rated. They are almost there but just do not get the headlines.tomazy wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 20:27Albon had the 7th fastest lap of the race in Baku(he had 3 laps faster than 8th fastest lap), so in the race trim, they were not that slow. I too am also curious what there big update will look like, and am hoping that it workes better than expected. That woul mean that they can figh for regular points hopefouly.
Their biggest problem this year is Latifi. Dorlington has enough funds to finance the team and if they want to get money back, they will need to spend money in order to create it. Even though Latifi brings in cash, he is also bleeding it out with poor results, crashes and by lowering their overall image for potential sponsors... I seriously thought he finally managed to get himself up to decent speed after last year, when he managed to get himself to points but this season he looks lost more than ever. They cant solely count on Albon to seek for points, Latifi should be atleast right behind to claim them, if something goes wrong for Alex.Big Tea wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 20:36TBH, I think Williams are so under rated. They are almost there but just do not get the headlines.tomazy wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 20:27Albon had the 7th fastest lap of the race in Baku(he had 3 laps faster than 8th fastest lap), so in the race trim, they were not that slow. I too am also curious what there big update will look like, and am hoping that it workes better than expected. That woul mean that they can figh for regular points hopefouly.
I guess the proof of their ability will be made known with the update. Geez I hope it's a very big step forward...Big Tea wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 20:36TBH, I think Williams are so under rated. They are almost there but just do not get the headlines.tomazy wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 20:27Albon had the 7th fastest lap of the race in Baku(he had 3 laps faster than 8th fastest lap), so in the race trim, they were not that slow. I too am also curious what there big update will look like, and am hoping that it workes better than expected. That woul mean that they can figh for regular points hopefouly.
Mr Brooksy wrote: ↑16 Jun 2022, 08:13I guess the proof of their ability will be made known with the update. Geez I hope it's a very big step forward...Big Tea wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 20:36TBH, I think Williams are so under rated. They are almost there but just do not get the headlines.tomazy wrote: ↑15 Jun 2022, 20:27Albon had the 7th fastest lap of the race in Baku(he had 3 laps faster than 8th fastest lap), so in the race trim, they were not that slow. I too am also curious what there big update will look like, and am hoping that it workes better than expected. That woul mean that they can figh for regular points hopefouly.
One thing that we can take from those pictures is that the cooling in the side pods has a very similar set-up to Mercedes factory team; the bottom of the matrix is very, very low.
Still not entirely clear if they will be ready:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/albo ... /10329267/Team principal Jost Capito said over the Canada weekend that Williams was “working hard” to get the update package - which is set to be “visibly different” - ready in time for the British Grand Prix.
“We see the results from CFD, wind tunnel, and the simulator, but we have to see how it proves on track,” Capito said.
“If we can replicate what we see in theory, then we should make a step forward.”
