Belgian GP: Mixed Friday Practice for Williams Racing


By Williams Racing
August 27 2022

Friday practice for the 2022 Belgian GP would see the Williams Racing Team have a very mixed day across the sessions. The final session would see Alex Albon finish in 11th while for team-mate Nicholas Latifi he was down the order in 19th. But across both sessions the weather had, as in the case at Spa, played its part seeing the second session run under very mixed track conditions with rain having fallen. The team had brought updated parts for the low downforce Spa circuit.

 
 Williams Racing Belgian GP Friday Practice Review
Latifi
 

Latifi 

Nicholas Latifi:
"Overall, nice to be back behind the wheel after the summer break. We got off to a good start in FP1, but FP2 was a bit different with some mixed track conditions so maybe not the most productive running for everyone all round. We’ll see if we can make some minor changes and keep building in FP3."

Albon 
  

Alex Albon:
"The new track changes and tarmac is helping us by giving a little bit more grip. I think we’re in a good place. Balance wise we’re more or less there. Still a bit of work to do for tomorrow but for a Friday it’s been pretty good."
 

Robson

Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"It was a fairly typical Spa day with a near constant mizzle and the occasional heavy shower. Whilst this disrupted our plans a little, we were able to adapt much of the programme and complete most of our key tests. The new parts that we brought for the front and rear wings were tested and showed no concerns and they are now available to the race engineers to deploy as required during the rest of the weekend.

Alex and Nicky both coped well with the changing conditions today and were able to learn a lot about the car and the changes to the circuit. We expect the track to be a little different tomorrow as the weather returns to drier and warmer conditions, but much of what we discovered today should still be relevant."
 
Albon
 
Practice Classification
 
Driver   FP1 FP2
 
A. Albon   1:47.835 (6th)      1:47.520 (11th)
 
N Latifi   1:48.485 (11th)           1:48.612 (19th)
Latifi
 
Albon
 

Belgian GP: Mixed Friday Practice for Williams Racing
Posted by: Williams F1 (IP Logged)
Date: 27/08/2022 02:24

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