ROKiT Williams cancel Day One of Preseason Test

Confirmation was received from the ROKiT Williams team that they would not be taking part in the first day of the preseason Barcelona test due to delays in the preparations of the FW42.

Claire Williams, Deputy Team Principal, ROKiT Williams Racing: “Unfortunately, we have had to delay the start of our pre-season Barcelona test to Tuesday morning. We have had an incredibly busy winter at Grove getting the FW42 prepared for the season ahead and, despite everyone’s best efforts, we need some more time before it will be ready to run.

“Our absolute priority is to always ensure we bring a car to the track that is the best that it can be and sometimes that takes longer than you’d anticipate or like. It’s clearly not ideal, but equally it’s not the end of the world.

“We will obviously have our work cut out to recover the time lost but we still have seven days of testing left and we will be maximising that time to prepare the car for the first race.”