As it stands, Williams will be the first team to reveal its 2023 contender, as the Grove outfit announces early launch date.

The wraps will come off the - yet to be designated - cat at 14:00 (GMT) on Monday 6 February.

This is five days before AlphaTauri (11 Feb) and a week before Aston Martin (13 Feb) as the Grove outfit becomes the sixth team to confirm its launch date, with Mercedes, Red Bull, Haas and Alfa Romeo yet to reveal all.

Sadly, 2022 was another poor season for Williams as it slipped to tenth in the standings, despite the best efforts of Alex Albon.

For the forthcoming season the Anglo-Thai driver is joined by American rookie Logan Sargeant.

In a shock move, in November the team announced the sudden departure of team principal Jost Capito and technical director FX Demaison, and despite the reshuffle that followed involving Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Sauber and McLaren, the Grove outfit has yet to announce their replacements.

Sadly, the Williams launch looks likely to be another low-key online affair, consisting of renders of the car in a darkened coal cellar (above), the days of high-profile unveilings such as those at McLaren and Renault a distant memory, especially in light of the budget cap.

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1. Posted by Max Noble, 12/01/2023 1:19

"While McLaren are not as strong as their glory days, at least they are comfortably in the top half of the field, and engaging in meaningful battles in the “upper-mid-field”. Williams, as noted have drifted into near-oblivion for the second, or is it third, time!

It’s tragic that one of the most successful teams of the last thirty years can barely scrape a point these days.

Hope springs eternal that “this season is the one…” Sigh…
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2. Posted by kenji, 11/01/2023 22:54

"The longer this debacle is allowed to continue the reputation of Williams will slide even further [ ? ] down the ladder of insignificance. Their once proud heritage legacy has been trashed and the marque needs to be quietly pensioned off. For too long they have occupied a place on the grid that should by rights be given to a team with a future! I followed this team for many many years and they were 'it'...that is until they fell short by thinking that they were immortal. Those days are now a dim memory and there should be no more obfuscation. Maybe there should be some discussion about a team's performance so that when they notch up ,say, three years of subpar performance then their entry would be up for auction. Harsh but possibly necessary given the current state of the team."

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3. Posted by Dudley Pope, 11/01/2023 16:21

"There seems to be something fundamentally wrong at Williams, one would assume they have an adequate budget and certainly a good driver in Alex Albon however for sometime now they have under performed technically. Jost Capito came with a good pedigree so where have things gone so badly wrong that he felt it was time to resign probably leaving a rudderless ship behind. Whoever is the CEO needs to get a grip and kick a few backsides so that once again the great history of Williams isn't allowed to be tainted any further. "

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