Williams Formula 1 car changes for 2022 will push the team to be more “cautious” with its new design and planning. But it is hopeful that it will not lose all the technical achievements on the current car.
The Grove based team saw an encouraging seasons last year. It had worst season campaign during 2019 with only a single point on the constructor’s championship.
The team is currently working with a realistic approach. It realizes the extensive requirements to jumps off the bottom of the constructors championship standing. They are continuously striving for a better position in Formula 1 next season.
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Williams is more focused on the next year season in 2022, which will start with major overhauling of the sport regulations. It provides a more favorable opportunity to work on. The team understands the need and working to exploit that project.
However, Simon Roberts, Team Principal, asserted that they are invested to make the best out of 2021. They will put the best of efforts this year without compromising 2022 car.
“It’s [the 2022 rules] a great opportunity for all the teams, but it’s a great risk as well,” said Roberts.
“But the thing we’re focused on is that there’s zero carry over from ’21 to 22. So you can’t be late with anything.
“The simplest part, which stops you racing, will stop you racing. So we’re being more cautious than normal with our programme.
“We’re working backwards from the first race in 2022, looking at what we need to have in place [then], what we need for the winter test, and then taking that all the way back through the development programme to figure out how much space and capacity we have across the whole organisation.”
Roberts added that once the Williams is ascertain of resource planning for next year car, it will devout to 2021 project.
“We definitely have time, people, windtunnel and CFD availability in the early part of the year to develop the ’21 car, and that’s what we’re going to do,” he said.
“There will be a crossover point. If you said: ‘When is the crossover point?’ I don’t know. But it’s not going to be August – we’ll be well into the 100 percent 2022 [car development] before August.
“But it’s not the end of January either. Somewhere in that range, we’ll cross over.”
