The afternoon session on Friday in Barcelona concluded three days of testing that will postpone the activities on the track of teams and drivers to March 10, the date on which the second test scheduled in Sakhir will start. While waiting for this appointment – the last one scheduled before the green light on the world championship – Friday, however, recorded several forfeits and red flags during the tests, the latter not caused by both drivers of the Williams: specifically, Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi respectively closed at8th and 9th place of the combined standings, with both color-bearers of the Grove team leaving Spain with positive sensations on the new FW44.
A confirmation that comes directly from the Canadian, who thus analyzed what happened in the third session as well as tracing the first impressions on the work done in Montmeló: “Friday’s session was slightly more troubled than the first two days – commented Latifi – with a number of red flags in the morning. However, none were caused by us, and we still had the opportunity to learn the behavior of the car, especially since we were able to experimenting with the intermediate tires in the afternoon, which was invaluable. Overall, I think it was a productive pre-season session in Barcelona. We have had some minor problems here and there, but this is all part of normalcy when dealing with a new car, and allows us drivers, and the whole team, to better understand all the various aspects of the car. It’s an exciting time and I can’t wait to go to Bahrain to build everything we have learned this week. “.
Satisfaction also expressed by the Thai Albonmore and more ready to return to the starting grid after the last season spent in DTM and in the role of test driver: “On the last day we had good mileage, and we managed to maximize the limited test time we have before the first race of the year. – he has declared – all in all, the car was reliable in the tests, and we have built a good foundation to work on. It’s still early days and we can’t analyze the lap times too much, but I think we should be very satisfied with how these sessions went, and I can’t wait to get back in the car in Bahrain ”.
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