Williams and Sauber reveal launch date for their 2024 F1 cars

By Balazs Szabo on 23 Dec 2023, 12:00

After Ferrari had introduced the launch date of its 2024 F1 automotive, Williams and Sauber have additionally confirmed the day on which they are going to launch their respective 2024 Formulation 1 campaigns.

Bahrain will host the opening spherical of the 2024 F1 season on March 2, only a week after the only real pre-season take a look at that may happen in Manama on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit on February 21-23.

With the 2024 F1 season shortly approaching, groups have began to announce the day on which they are going to showcase their 2024 F1 vehicles. Ferrari grew to become the primary crew to disclose the launch date of its 2024 F1 machine, confirming that the brand new automotive will break covers on February 13, simply over two weeks earlier than the beginning of the brand new season.

Williams and Sauber have now additionally revealed the necessary date, with each the British and the Swiss outfit confirming that they are going to launch their 2024 F1 Challengers on February 5, 2024.

The Grove-based outfit didn’t reveal any particulars about their launch plans as they appear to construct on a seventh-place end within the constructors’ championship this season. Following troublesome seasons, Williams collected a complete of 27 factors of which Alexander Albon scored 26 items whereas rookie driver Logan Sargeant completed within the factors as soon as at the USA Grand Prix.

Sauber will launch their 2024 challenger – the C44 – in London on Monday fifth February. The crew is ready to undergo necessary modifications subsequent 12 months as earlier title sponsor Alfa Romeo has left the outfit, and it’ll ramp up its transition to change into Audi’s works crew in 2026.

The Hinwil-based crew will compete with an unchanged driver line-up as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will race for the crew for the third consecutive time in 2024. The Finn driver collected a complete of ten factors this 12 months whereas the game’s first Chinese language driver scored six factors in whole.

The crew ended the season ninth within the Constructors’ Championship, six factors forward of Haas which additionally makes use of Ferrari’s energy items.