Williams Racing Barcelona Test Day Two 2402022


By Andrew Hooper
February 25 2022

The Williams Racing Team would complete their second day of pre-season testing at the Barcelona circuit on a day that saw the team start to push the car more as they continued to explore areas of improvement in the car. There would be some minor issues but despite this both Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi were still able to work through extensive test programs. Friday is the final day of testing at the Barcelona circuit with the final day allowing teams to get an opportunity to evaluate Pirelli's 2022 wet weather tyre. 

 
 Williams Racing Barcelona Test Day Two 2402022
 
Latifi
 

Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance: Today has been about pushing the car a little harder and working on the areas we identified yesterday as offering opportunity for improvement. We have made some decent progress and found some new avenues to explore. Although we had a couple of minor issues, which delayed our progress at times during the day, it is good that we have been able to push the car hard enough to find these snags.

As yesterday, both race drivers shared the workload today and both were able to learn from the other. Tomorrow is the final opportunity to exercise the car before we go to Bahrain for the back to back test and race, it should also present us with the first chance to look at the new 2022 wet tyres as Pirelli are planning wet the track tomorrow afternoon.

Nicholas Latifi: There were a few more issues today but that is part of what goes with a pre-season track session. The key thing is for us is to gain a better understanding of what limited us today. We were still able to get in a decent amount of mileage and we are continuing to learn more. We have one more day here in Barcelona, which is another opportunity to learn, build more confidence from myself and the car and prepare ourselves for Bahrain.

Alex Albon: Today went pretty smoothly. We had a small hiccup that we were able to resolve fairly quickly, fortunately it didn’t have a big impact on our running and so we still got good mileage in. The FW44 has been behaving well; I’m enjoying driving it and being able to push more as we get to grips with its characteristics. As a team, I’m happy with where we are and the foundations we’re building over these really important days. It’s a good start to the year and I’m looking forward to one final day of running in Barcelona.

 
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap
1  Charles Leclerc 78 1'19.689  
2  Pierre Gasly 147 1'19.918 0.229
3  Daniel Ricciardo 126 1'20.288 0.599
4  George Russell 65 1'20.537 0.848
5  Carlos Sainz Jr 71 1'20.546 0.857
6  Sebastian Vettel 73 1'20.784 1.095
7  Sergio Perez 78 1'21.430 1.741
8  Nikita Mazepin 41 1'21.512 1.823
9  Alex Albon 47 1'21.531 1.842
10  Guanyu Zhou 71 1'21.885 2.196
11  Nicholas Latifi 61 1'21.894 2.205
12  Lance Stroll 55 1'21.920 2.231
13  Mick Schumacher 66 1'21.949 2.260
14  Esteban Ocon 125 1'22.164 2.475
15  Valtteri Bottas 21 1'22.288 2.599
16  Lewis Hamilton 40 1'22.562 2.873
 
Albon
 
Latifi
 

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