Williams technical director Paddy Lowe has quoted Robert Kubica as hailing the 2019 car as a “huge step forward”.
Following a pre-season that had seen the British team start over two days late and conduct no meaningful running until the second week, unsurprisingly Kubica was pretty upset.
After a final day of predominantly pit-stop practice, the Pole would let loose declaring himself only “20 per cent” ready for Australia, but within Williams, Lowe claims he is much happier.
“A huge step forward in terms of the platform,” is how Kubica describes the FW42, according to the former Mercedes chief.
“[Kubica said it was] a car that is far more driveable, a car that you can work with from a driving point of view, you can control your management of tyre, you can control the balance and pace, was definitely not a description we could have given about last year’s car.
“So that is very encouraging.”
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Despite all that, it is still anticipated Williams will be at the back in Melbourne by quite some margin, but a more predictable car is at least a welcome sight for Lowe.
“When you turn into a corner and you know what’s going to happen because it happened last time, this is one of the key aspects that has been improved very considerably,” he concluded.
