The two-week stopover between Miami and Barcelona saw the Williams come into the limelight when it comes to the drivers issue. The poor performance of Nicholas Latifi in this beginning of the season, especially in the comparison with his new teammate Alex Albon (twice in the points with a modest vehicle) has in fact put the Canadian at the center of numerous rumors: despite the strong economic push brought to the team, his seat was strongly questioned as the Formula E champion was favored for a possible replacement later in the year Nyck De Vrieswhich instead has the solid support of Mercedes.
All this was promptly denied by the Grove team, but in any case the young Dutchman – also champion in F2 in 2019 – was chosen to compete in the first of the two free practice sessions that this year the teams must grant by regulation to a young man. pilot. At the Barcelona press conference, performance manager Dave Robson returned to the subject, describing his owners ‘approach to the weekend and also giving an opinion on De Vries’ first outing with the FW44, which however, it should remain the only one this season.
“Albon is amazinghe is happy every time he gets into the car – commented Robson – The most extraordinary thing is its consistency in the race. We haven’t done very well in qualifying so far, but in the race he always finds the compromise between aggression and management. Latifi, on the other hand, is having a harder time finding the feeling with the car than he is. Alex is very spontaneous and natural in driving, while Nicholas needs to think more. He is more analytical and this sometimes slows him down ”.
“As for De Vries, he worked very well in FP1 on Friday in Barcelona. He has completed the work program we asked him perfectly, but for the moment we have no other sessions planned with him“ concluded the British engineer.
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