Williams Racing Bahrain Test Day One 10032022


By Andrew Hooper
March 11 2022

The Williams Racing Team would complete the opening day of their Bahrain pre-season test with Alex Albon carrying out the driving duties for the day. He would finish in fifth after a soft tyre run earlier in the day. He would have a small issue which would see him lose some track time but like so many teams there were the inevitable new car setup issues that the team needs to work through. Day two at Bahrain will be Nicholas Latiif take Alex's place.

 
 Williams Racing Bahrain Test Day One 10032022
 
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Williams’ Racing Alexander Albon would finish the opening day of testing at the Bahrain circuit with the fifth fastest time of the day, despite not improving from his morning effort, as he ran for a total of 104 laps across both sessions. However, Alex had reported a steering issue that would see his morning running come to an end while the hydraulics were checked.

In an interview for williamsf1.com Alex would comment on his day by saying: This day has been a fight, little things but constantly and it hasn't hurt the running too much we have lost maybe twenty laps which is nothing. We need some work to do as honestly there is a lot of lap time that we can get in this car just by having a better balance but its hard to know is it the tyres, is it the car, the stiffness of the car. There are a few things we need to check in these last few days if we can get that sorted out we will be fine and yeah its windy too as wind plays a big part in the feeling of the car but we can't be too sad and Nicky will be in the car tomorrow and the boys will fix it and yeah we will see.
 
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap
1  Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 103 1'33.902  
2  Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 52 1'34.359 0.457
3  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 64 1'34.531 0.629
4  Lance Stroll Aston Martin 50 1'34.736 0.834
5  Alex Albon Williams 104 1'35.070 1.168
6  Lando Norris McLaren 50 1'35.356 1.454
7  Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 66 1'35.495 1.593
8  Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 39 1'35.706 1.804
9  George Russell Mercedes 60 1'35.941 2.039
10  Sergio Perez Red Bull 138 1'35.977 2.075
11  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 62 1'36.365 2.463
12  Fernando Alonso Alpine 24 1'36.745 2.843
13  Esteban Ocon Alpine 42 1'36.768 2.866
14  Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 54 1'37.164 3.262
15  Pietro Fittipaldi Haas 47 1'37.422 3.520
 
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11/03/2022 07:43
Alex kind of bears out what i feel from reading between the lines then.

We are not there yet and i think the raw pace is not there yet on this car.

Lots to do to get this car balanced and consistant to releace some more pace.

[b]Brundle might have been on to something when he said the front and rear suspension
did not seem in harmony working togethe Yesterday ??[/b]



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