Sky Sports F1 to broadcast 20 hours of live coverage from first winter test; Live updates on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports Digital
Tuesday 19 February 2019 17:57, UK
Williams hope to finally emerge on track at pre-season testing on Wednesday after missing the first two days of action.
The Grove outfit didn't prepare their new car in time for the first test, but expect the FW42 to arrive at the Barcelona circuit 'between 4 and 5' on Wednesday morning.
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The team say there will still be 'a fair amount of work to do' when it arrives and it's 'unlikely' the car will run in the morning session.
But the impression is that they plan to run at some point on Day Three.
Williams are looking to bounce back from a miserable 2018 this year, and would have hoped to have had as much track time as possible over the eight allotted days of winter testing.
What have we seen of the 2019 Williams car so far?
Although Williams held a launch event at their Grove headquarters last week, the former world champions' reveal was limited to a new livery.
The new car has, though, been glimpsed via a social media release.
"We have had an incredibly busy winter at Grove getting the FW42 prepared for the season ahead and, despite everyone's best efforts, we need some more time before it will be ready to run," said team boss Claire Williams.
"Our absolute priority is to always ensure we bring a car to the track that is the best that it can be and sometimes that takes longer than you'd anticipate or like."
Williams have an all-new driver line-up of Robert Kubica and George Russell for the new season.
F1 winter testing live on Sky Sports F1
Live television coverage on Sky Sports F1 of the first pre-season test at Barcelona begins on Monday, February 18 at 1pm and will continue until 6pm.
Sky F1 will also be broadcasting live coverage on Tuesday, February 19, Wednesday, February 20 and Thursday, February 21 between 1pm and 6pm.
Our live review show, Welcome to F1 2019, will begin at approximately 5pm on every night of the test.
Selected highlights from the day's broadcast will be available on Sky Go, On Demand and the Sky Sports digital products.
A dawn-to-dusk live blog will also be available on the Sky Sports digital products for every day of winter testing, along with features, insight and reviews from Barcelona.
Regular updates from Barcelona will be published on our social accounts, while Craig Slater will be delivering live reports from the Circuit de Catalunya for Sky Sports News.
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