Williams Racing Abu Dhabi Test 22112022
By Williams Racing
November 23 2022
The Williams Racing Team would complete their 2022 Formuula One season with a day of testing at the Abu Dhabi circuit. Both Alex Albon and newly signed Logan Sargeant were present with Alex completing tyre testing of Pirelli's 2023 tyres while Logan was there as part of the Young Driver program. Both drivers were to have uneventful days that allowed them to get through a large number of laps. Despite any real comparison in times been very difficult it was still pleasing to see Logan very close to Albon in the times they achieved during soft tyre runs.
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle
Performance: We’ve had a very productive day to complete the 2022
season. Both cars ran reliably throughout, which allowed Alex and Logan to
run their intended programmes. Alex ran through a series of tyre tests,
exploring the 2023 tyres at various track temperatures and fuel loads. Logan
got his first experience of a proper day of F1 testing as well as some
useful exposure to the 2023 tyres. We were able to do a lot more work with
him than is possible during an FP1 session and everything he did will set
him up nicely for the crucial pre-season testing that we will do next
February.
The timesheets don’t mean very much today as every driver is completing
their own programme. However, it was nice to see both drivers near the top
having completed some very good laps on the softer compounds. Logan drove
exceptionally well and fully deserved to be so close to Alex.
We completed 200laps of running today across the two cars and almost every
one of these was done according to the plan and with a clear purpose. The
engineering team put together a very well planned and executed day of
testing, which sets us up nicely for the break before we hit the track again
early next year.
Alex Albon: Today at the post-season test we got good mileage in and
everything went to plan. We got to test all the different compounds for next
year and there will be a lot of data to look at over the winter months to
try to understand the differences of the tyre, but inevitably there's not a
huge difference, I think it's all small things. The hard work starts now
working to make sure that we enter into Bahrain with the best possible car
we can and I think today, with all the data that we have learnt, is going to
help us do that.
Logan Sargeant: Today went well. Throughout the day we gradually
progressed, got through our test plan and completed all the laps we needed
to do. By the end of the day I felt super comfortable. It was really nice to
get a full day rather than a FP1 to properly get to grips with everything.
My season hasn't ended, there's a lot of work to do over the next three
months to prepare myself for next season. I'll strictly be in the gym, on
the simulator and working with everyone at Grove to ensure no stone is left
unturned. I can't wait to be back out on track for winter testing for my
first season in Formula 1. |
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Alex Albon |
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1:25.959 | |
Logan. Sargeant |
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1:26.063 | |
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