Uphill start for the Grove team Even if this year Cadillac has been added to the F1 starting grid, there will only be 10 teams on track for the first test session in Barcelona. Williams, in fact, is behind schedule and for this reason will not be present at Montmelò after having – in all likelihood – some problems in passing the crash tests required by the FIA. Red Bull has sometimes had the same problems in recent years, Helmut Marko ‘turned the tables’ by saying that if you immediately pass the crash tests on the first attempt you were not brave enough to risk in terms of weight, the fact remains that Williams will miss the first test session, fortunately for completely different reasons than what had already happened in 2019 due to financial issues. Drivers Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz commented on Instagram that the situation is certainly not ideal, but ‘recoverable’ in light of the two test sessions scheduled in Bahrain. “It’s not the way we wanted to start the season, but these are things that happen when you push yourself to the limit,” Albon said. “We are absolutely determined to push hard, I can’t wait to get on track soon,” Sainz said.
