Williams will miss the final day of the opening pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya due to Lance Stroll’s crash on Wednesday.
Stroll lost control of his Williams FW40 exiting Turn 5 and hit the barriers on the outside of the corner, ending his running for the day prematurely.
Williams held hopes of repairing the car in time for Thursday’s wet-weather running, but has instead had to abandon its test and focus on recovering the situation for next week.
“Following a thorough inspection overnight some damage to the FW40 chassis was discovered and therefore, on safety grounds, the team will not run the car today,” read a statement.
“A second chassis will be prepared at track this afternoon, as originally planned, with the team aiming to be back on track for the second test next week starting on Tuesday 7 March.”
