There will be no news at Williams, at least until next year. This is the team's decision of Grove is confirmation, until the end of the season, Nicholas Latifs.
The difficult start
However, it was not a easy start for the Canadian pilot, indeed. For now the zero points in the standings weigh quite a bit, considering at the same time the excellent Albon's performance. His teammate has already managed to close in the points in two Grands Prix. For these reasons, in recent days, discussions have begun on the possibility of sacking Latifi mid-season. In his place he would be ready De Vries, Mercedes Formula E driver. For De Vries it would not be the first attempt to enter Formula One. Already last year, the reigning Formula E champion driver was in a run-off with Albon for a seat in Williams.
Latifi doesn't move
Hypothesis, the one about Latifi's future, already discarded. Jost himself confirms his confidence until the end of the season I got it. In fact, the Williams team principal declared exclusively to SPORT1 AvD Motor & Sport magazine.
"We have contracts with both drivers and we respect them. Latifi was only slightly slower than Albon on Saturday. He needs a little more time to get used to the new car, but he has our full support and for us there is no possibility of changing our driver pairing during the season”.
Watch out for 2023
But watch out future, in which Williams' intentions would appear to be those of greet Latifi. Names are already starting to circulate. Besides De Vries, Oscar cannot be ruled out Piastres. Alpine is working to try to find an agreement with some teams to allow Piastri to be in Formula One next season, but still under contract with the French team. Understood does not exclude the possibility, and he only has one great certainty for now: “I'm sure he will be in Formula 1 next season."
DECLARATION SOURCE: FormulaPassion
