the season of Nicholas Latifi was the worst of all the grill in the Formula 1 this season. He was the only driver yet to score and even Nyck de Vrieswho replaced Alex Alban in Monza, marked with him williams in its infancy at Formula 1.
This left in a very bad place LatifiWhat won’t continue to Williams from next season due to their poor results. However, in Canada made in Japan his best race of the season, achieving mark for the first time this campaign.
The Canadian was the first to stop next to Sebastian Vettel change tires extreme rain by intermediatewhich earned him a lot of advantages over his rivals, managing to be ninth.
Despite two points, Latifi It was hard for him to believe he had actually scored. When his engineer told him by radio at the end of the race, Latifi He responded with a: are you sure?to which his engineer replied with a new confirmation.
“It was a good race. Of course it’s good to have the first points. The most important thing is that we put intermissions right away and I took in some clean air,β said Latifi at the end of the test.
In addition, he claims to have made the decision to go to the pits: βIt was the right tire and in a way it was a natural decision. By being at the bottom of the grid, you have less to lose. It was my decision to enter and it ended up being good. Anyway, it was still difficult to get to the end because after eight laps the front tires were completely worn out, so I just tried to hold on and obviously I am happy have obtained these points.
Latifi π¨π¦ didn’t believe the race finished P9 π€£ pic.twitter.com/493v67bXpX
β Williams Racing Arg π¦π· (@WilliamsF1arg) October 10, 2022
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