Video: this was the presentation of the Williams F1 2022 car

This Tuesday, February 15, the sixth presentation of the 2022 season arrived, that of the Williams team, which will present its car adapted to the new Formula 1 rules.

It was at 2:00 p.m. in Spain (1:00 p.m. in Great Britain or 7:00 a.m. in Mexico), when we met the Williams 2022 single-seater, which was expected to have a decoration quite different from that of recent years and that finally confirmed it.

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After competing in 2021 with the FW43B which was an evolution of the 2020 FW43, the name chosen for the new car is the FW44.

The week before, in a video posted by the team on social media, its drivers were impressed by seeing the livery on the car for the first time. “Woah! It’s different. I like it. I’d say it’s more Williams,” said Alexander Albon, a new Williams signing after a year as a reserve at Red Bull . “It’s simpler in terms of color design.”

For his part, Nicholas Latifi, who repeats and changes partners after the move from George Russell to Mercedes , commented: “Oh, wow! This is different… Fresh. I think I used that word (“fresh”) last year, but I think which applies more to this year. It’s really cool, actually.”

On Monday, Williams announced a long-term contract with a new sponsor, Duracell, while displaying the brand’s logo on a dark blue and black background.

With this car, the historic British firm hopes to take another step forward after having finally left the last position in 2021. They are the sixth team to present their cards for the new season, after Haas, Red Bull, Aston Martin, McLaren and AlphaTauri.

The next one will be Ferrari, this Thursday the 17th, before we meet the new Mercedes on Friday the 18th.

Check out the list of F1 single-seaters to be joined by the new Williams from 2022