ROKiT Williams Barcelona Test 21:02:2020 Day Three
By Williams Racing
February 22 2020
In the first week of testing the final day would see the ROKiT Williams Team rookie driver Nicholas Latifi carry out the driving duties. But it was a day that did not entirely go to plan with Nicholas suffering an issue with his power unit that would see the team forced to carry out an engine change thus only seeing Nicholas return late in the day limiting his track time over the day. Despite this the team would allow Nicholas to complete a series of practice pit stops in preparation for the first race in Melbourne. The team will return to Barcelona next week for a further three days of testing.
ROKiT Williams Barcelona Test 21:02:2020 Day
Three
Drivers: Nicholas Latifi
Chassis / Engine: FW43-01 / Mercedes-AMG F1 M11 EQ Performance
Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.655 km
Weather: Moderate and dry
Dave Robson, Senior Race
Engineer: Nicholas was back in the car today and we had a full programme
planned for him. Unfortunately, during the morning we saw something in the
data which gave us concern over the power unit. A subsequent investigation
meant we couldn’t get back on track until late in the afternoon. However,
the mechanics did a great job of rebuilding the car to get us back out in
time to complete some useful new tyre running. We were able to complete the
day with a series of pitstops, which was a valuable experience for Nicholas
and gave him an appreciation of how quick the stops will be once we get to
the serious business of racing in Melbourne. We now have a few days to
review the findings from this week before we start the final three days of
testing ahead of the opening race of the season. We have a lot of work to
do, but we have had a productive opening week with the new FW43 and are
looking forward to evolving the performance next week.
Nicholas Latifi: It wasn’t the day I had hoped for in
terms of running. I mirrored George’s programme from yesterday in terms of
the sequence, with a lot of aero runs in the morning, and then I was able to
get a few pushing laps before we saw some potential problems in the PU data.
However, the guys did a great job to rebuild the car and get me back out
there. We had a busy last hour of the day, testing lots of items and
maximising the running time. The lack of track time was unfortunate, but
that’s how testing goes sometimes. Hopefully we can make up for the mileage
we missed next week.
Pos. Driver Team Best Time Total Laps
1. V. Bottas Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 1:15.732 65
2. L. Hamilton Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 1:16.516 73
3. E. Ocon Renault F1 Team 1:17.102 76
4. L. Stroll BWT Racing Point F1 Team 1:17.338 116
5. D. Kvyat Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 1:17.427 62
6. A. Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN 1:17.469 152
7. D. Ricciardo Renault F1 Team 1:17.574 93
8. M. Verstappen Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 1:17.636 86
9. P. Gasly Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 1:17.783 59
10. A. Albon Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 1:18.154 83
11. C. Sainz McLaren F1 Team 1:18.274 76
12. R. Grosjean Haas F1 Team 1:18.380 48
13. S. Vettel Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 1:18.384 100
14. L. Norris McLaren F1 Team 1:18.454 49
15. N. Latifi ROKiT Williams Racing 1:19.004 72
16. K. Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:19.709 4
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