Second most improved F1 car in 2023 a “nice surprise”

Williams languished at the bottom of the 2022 championship and arrived at last month’s Bahrain pre-season test with caution, playing down any hopes it would be able to move up the grid after a winter spent in limbo.

But in Bahrain the team’s lead driver Alex Albon grabbed a point after reaching Q2. While neither he or rookie team-mate Logan Sargeant managed to escape Q1 in Saudi Arabia, Albon only missed the cut-off by a tenth.

Williams still remains among the…