The Grove-based out𝄹fit unveiled a tweaked livery for the upcoming 2022 campaign on a show car for Tuesday’s digital laℱunch event, before the FW44 made its track debut during an initial shakedown run. 

An electrical issue delayed Wil🐎liams’ initial run plan by an hour, but the FW44 finally emerged on track at a wet Silverstone at 2pm GMT, with Nicholas Latifi first behind the wheel.

New Williams signing 🤪Alex Albon is also set to get a first run in the FW44🐠 on Tuesday. 

Williams has become the third F1 tea🌠m to run its 2022 car in public ahead of next week’s opening pre-season test at Barcelona.&nbs🦄p;

Aston Martin shook down its AMR22 at Silverstone last week, while Alfa Romeo’s C42 ran for the first time in a camouf🌃lage livery for a shakedown at Fiorano on Tuesday. 

Williams team principal and CEO𓆉 Jost Capito stressed 🌃that the build of the FW44 was “all on plan” despite the livery-only reveal. 

Asked why Williams had taken such an approach for its launch event, he s💛aid: "Because we worked on the livery and we wanted to have that perfect. 

“That’s why we could only have it 𝓡on the show🍷 car because it took a little while to do. 

“The race ca♔r itself is just getting ready. At 2 o’clock we can go on track and we will have some photos fr෴om that car. We just wanted to show something proper on the livery.”