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Williams Racing announced that
Roy Nissany will continue his work as Official Test Driver with the team for
2021.
Roy enjoyed a successful first year with Williams providing valuable
feedback and contributing to the development of the FW43 both through his
work on-track and in the simulator at Grove. Roy conducted himself
impressively in his three Free Practice outings, at the Spanish, Italian and
Bahrain Grands Prix respectively, before successfully completing a packed
running programme in the Abu Dhabi post-season test. Alongside his Test
Driver duties, the 26-year-old Israeli also took part in the FIA Formula 2
Championship, enjoying his best season to date in the category including
taking pole position for the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps.
Continuing as the team’s Official Test Driver in 2021, Roy will build upon
the positive work of the previous year by once again taking part in three
FP1 sessions across the season. Roy will also be behind the wheel for a day
of pre-season testing ahead of the first race of 2021 and undertake an
increased simulator programme back at Grove being fully immersed within the
team both at the factory and trackside when possible.
Speaking about the announcement, Roy Nissany said; “I am truly honoured to
continue being part of Williams. Since we started, we have made huge
progress across many areas - on top of the great FP1's, we had a lot of
productive work behind the scenes. While dedicating as much as I can to the
team, I enhanced my skills and my capabilities as a driver. I am very keen
to continue this form in 2021.”
Simon Roberts, Team Principal, commented; “I am pleased that Roy will
continue as the team’s Official Test Driver into 2021, building on the good
work we started last year. As a team, we were very happy with the
contributions Roy made both through his work on-track and in the simulator
at Grove, which all aided the lap time gains we were able to make with the
FW43. We also enjoyed seeing Roy grow as a driver, and we have no doubt that
he will continue to go from strength-to-strength this year.” |
