Williams Racing – 8(10)
Year Points(Position) Car Driver Chassis Engine
2022 2(20) 6 Nicholas Latifi FW44 Mercedes-AMG F1 M13
4(19) 23 Alex Albon
2(21) 45 Nyck de Vries

George Russell left the team after a three-year stint to take up Bottas’ seat at Mercedes. Coming in to replace him was Alex Albon, on loan from Red Bull, who was announced along with retaining Latifi in the previous September.

Albon got his time with the team off to a great start in the third round in Australia. The Thai driver started last after he was disqualified from qualifying after the required one-litre fuel sample could not be extracted from his car during post-qualifying scrutineering. In the race, Albon started on hard compound tyres and then went 57 laps on these before making his mandatory stop on the penultimate lap coming home to bag 9th position and a valuable point.

A major weakness of the FW44 was that while it was quick in a straight line it lacked downforce making it troublesome at circuits with slow corners. Monza, Italy had been identified as somewhere the car was likely to shine and a chance to score points. Albon had taken part in the Friday practice sessions but by Saturday morning was feeling unwell with what transpired to be appendicitis. Reserve driver Nyck de Vries was drafted in and went on to score a hard fought 9th place securing two more points for the team and plaudits for the Dutchman.

There was much speculation during the year on the position of Nicholas Latifi with all eyes on Williams junior Logan Sargeant who had been on improving form in F2 and took part in a number of FP1 sessions in order to boost his chances of gaining the required super licence points. This was confirmed in November after the required points were secured. Albon had already been signed up on a multi-year deal announced in August cutting his ties with Red Bull at the same time.

After only a couple of years with the team, it was announced in December that both FX Demaison and Jost Capito were to leave meaning, once more, the team were on the hunt for someone to lead both the technical direction and the team as a whole.

Results

YearRoundCountryDriverGrid PosFinish PosResult
20221Bahrain Grand PrixAlexander Albon1413Finished
20221Bahrain Grand PrixNicholas Latifi2016Finished
20222Saudi Arabian Grand PrixAlexander Albon1614Collision damage
20222Saudi Arabian Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1818Accident
20223Australian Grand PrixAlexander Albon2010Finished
20223Australian Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1816+1 Lap
20224Emilia Romagna Grand PrixAlexander Albon1811+1 Lap
20224Emilia Romagna Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1916+1 Lap
20225Miami Grand PrixAlexander Albon189Finished
20225Miami Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1914Finished
20226Spanish Grand PrixAlexander Albon1818+2 Laps
20226Spanish Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1916+2 Laps
20227Monaco Grand PrixAlexander Albon1618Mechanical
20227Monaco Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1915+1 Lap
20228Azerbaijan Grand PrixAlexander Albon1712+1 Lap
20228Azerbaijan Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1815+1 Lap
20229Canadian Grand PrixAlexander Albon1213Finished
20229Canadian Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1816Finished
202210British Grand PrixAlexander Albon1620Collision
202210British Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1012Finished
202211Austrian Grand PrixAlexander Albon1512+1 Lap
202211Austrian Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1719Undertray
202212French Grand PrixAlexander Albon1313Finished
202212French Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1817Collision damage
202213Hungarian Grand PrixAlexander Albon1717+1 Lap
202213Hungarian Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1918+1 Lap
202214Belgian Grand PrixAlexander Albon610Finished
202214Belgian Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1118+1 Lap
202215Dutch Grand PrixAlexander Albon1512Finished
202215Dutch Grand PrixNicholas Latifi2018+1 Lap
202216Italian Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1015+1 Lap
202216Italian Grand PrixNyck de Vries89Finished
202217Singapore Grand PrixAlexander Albon1817Collision damage
202217Singapore Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1919Collision damage
202218Japanese Grand PrixAlexander Albon1620Hydraulics
202218Japanese Grand PrixNicholas Latifi209Finished
202219United States Grand PrixAlexander Albon813Finished
202219United States Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1717Finished
202220Mexico City Grand PrixAlexander Albon1712+1 Lap
202220Mexico City Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1818+2 Laps
202221São Paulo Grand PrixAlexander Albon1915Finished
202221São Paulo Grand PrixNicholas Latifi1816Finished
202222Abu Dhabi Grand PrixAlexander Albon1913+1 Lap
202222Abu Dhabi Grand PrixNicholas Latifi2019Collision damage

Pictures

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