The Grove team will hold its debut for the 2022 F1 season on Tuesday, February 15, where it will introduce its new brand.
But before that event, drivers Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi got their first glimpse of the car’s colors and livery, and their surprise at what they saw suggests there will be a big difference from last year.
Williams posted the video of his reaction to seeing the 2022 car and livery on his social media.
Latifi replied, “Oh wow! This is different… Fresh. I think I used that word (“fresh”) last year, but I think it applies more to this year. It’s really cool, actually. I think it will look really cool.” good under the lights, and good in photos.”
Albon was also impressed, and his comments suggest a new color for the car beyond the traditional Williams blue and white.
“Woah! It’s different. I like it. I’d say it’s more Williams,” said the Thai driver. “It’s simpler in terms of the color design. There’s some **** [comment censored to not reveal the color] in it. I like how the **** looks on it.”
Latifi added: “There’s a new color here, which I’m a big fan of. I think it brings out some very interesting features of the car. It also has a slightly different pattern to what we’ve used normally.
While Williams has historically raced in blue and white colors, the 2021 design featured splashes of yellow and different shades of blue on the engine cover.
Williams is coming off a somewhat more hopeful season, where it came from bottom of the constructors’ championship and finished eighth in the standings thanks to points from Latifi and George Russell.
Russell signed for Mercedes for 2022 as Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate, with Albon taking his place after being a Red Bull reserve driver in his year off the starting grid.
