Williams has introduced that it’s to overlook subsequent week’s check on the circuit Barcelona-Catalunya.
Whereas McLaren is to overlook the primary day of the five-day check, Williams has revealed that it’s going to skip the check solely.
„Atlassian Williams F1 Workforce has taken the choice to not take part in subsequent week’s shakedown check in Barcelona following delays within the FW48 programme as we proceed to push for optimum automotive efficiency,“ reads a press release issued by the Grove outfit.
„The workforce will as an alternative conduct a sequence of exams together with a VTT programme subsequent week with the 2026 automotive to organize for the primary official check in Bahrain and the primary race of the season in Melbourne.
„We’re wanting ahead to getting on observe within the coming weeks and need to thank all our followers in your continued help – there’s a lot to sit up for collectively in 2026.“
The information will solely add to hypothesis that the exclusion of all media not oonly from the Barcelona check, but additionally the primary check in Bahrain, is because of fears of points because the groups become familiar with the brand new rules.
Amidst clams that the automotive has did not cross the necessary crash exams, the workforce’s absence evokes recollections of 2019 when the Grove outfit missed the primary two and a half days of testing because of the automotive not being prepared.
On the opening race the FW42 was over a second slower than its nearest rival, with neither driver – Robert Kubica and George Russell – getting past Q1 over the course of all the season, and ending the yr with only one level, courtesy of Kubica’s tenth in Germany.
