Bojan Vrbnjak
After it is McLaren unveiled its new race car of the season on Monday 2021, also performed the so - called shakedown with Daniel Ricciard in Land Norris, who came to Silverstone at first taste with a new work tool that sounds like a name MCL35M.
Shakedown McLaren
The first run is for the team from Woking represented a very important moment, as this year their car will be powered by Renault instead of Renault Mercedes engine. Ricciardo, who came to McLaren straight from the team Renault, said the first ride with a heavily modified race car was expected. “I think McLaren started this season on the right foot. The first day of the race car on the track went smoothly. You can’t ask for too much this part of the season."
Australian continues: “The goal is to get to Bahrain, we are at the start on Sunday afternoon and there will be no panic in this regard. It’s really just about feeling comfortable, being familiar with the whole crew. So we go through all of that, through all of the scenarios we would face on a racing weekend. There is no atmosphere around us now, but we can try to repeat it by putting a little pressure on ourselves."
Shakedown Williams
Yesterday, however, the trail in Silverstone belonged to the team Williams. A team based in the town Whole grained is your new race car FW43B brought on the recording day. They will be racing again this year George Russell in Nicholas latifi. Unlike McLaren, however Williams your car has not yet been made public, this will happen March 5, test in Bahrain a week before the start of winter. Despite the cold weather conditions on the track, the team did not encounter any major problems.
Williams, which is owned by the investment company Dorilton Capitals, holds the position of Executive Director Josta Capita, the team's main advisor will be the former Formula 1 and Williams racer and 2009 world champion Jenson Button, and the team boss will remain Simon Roberts.
