There is always some damage among teams. But at Williams, it has been particularly high this season. Indeed, the Grove team experienced a turbulent campaign both on the track and at the factory where the mechanics spent a long time repairing the FW46s after numerous accidents.
No one has really escaped it. There was Alex Albon in Australia or more recently in Brazil, Logan Sargeant in the Netherlands or even Franco Colapinto in Brazil, Las Vegas and Qatar. Regardless of whether the drivers were responsible or not, the accidents did a lot of damage to Williams' accounts, now forced to return to previous versions for its soldiers, like Colapinto which no longer has the latest developments.
A situation which is mainly explained by the lack of time to once again produce the parts at the factory while the stock is practically exhausted. Thus, the English team will arrive in Abu Dhabi walking on eggshells, praying that its drivers stay on the track and away from any incident.
« We can expect perhaps a range of three serious accidents in a seasonsays team principal James Vowles. However, in our case, we are at 17 in a total of 23 races.
The damage suffered by Franco (Colapinto, au Qatar) are unfortunately important. The chassis was hit and we have a team going to Abu Dhabi and working through the night to make sure he gets into the race. The gearbox was affected by damage caused by the incidents on both cars, then there was damage to the floor, rear suspension and other components… » Looking forward to the end of the season at Williams who doesn't have much left to play for.
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