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Embattled F1 driver dealt crushing contract blow - CtrlF.XYZ

Embattled F1 driver dealt crushing contract blow

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Nicholas Latifi's struggling tenure astatine Williams has resulted successful the Canadian's declaration not being renewed for 2023.

Williams revealed successful a connection connected Friday nighttime (AEST) that the squad and Latifi, 27, would portion ways astatine the extremity of the 2022 satellite championship.

Alex Albon is locked successful for Williams successful 2023 and the squad volition corroborate its different operator "in owed course", the connection read.

"I would similar to instrumentality this accidental to convey everyone astatine Williams Racing — each the radical backmost astatine the mill and those I enactment with trackside — for the past 3 years," Latifi said.

"My archetypal F1 debut was postponed owed to the pandemic but we yet got going successful Austria (in 2020) and, though we person not achieved the results unneurotic we hoped we would, it's inactive been a fantastic journey.

"Getting those archetypal points successful Hungary past twelvemonth was a infinitesimal I'll ne'er forget, and I volition determination onto the adjacent section of my vocation with peculiar memories of my clip with this dedicated team.

"I cognize nary of america volition halt putting successful each effort until the extremity of the season."

Latifi has managed to people conscionable 7 satellite title points from 55 expansive prix starts.

He finished 21st successful the drivers' standings successful 2020, finished 17th successful 2021 and is sitting 21st aft the archetypal 16 rounds of this year's satellite championship.

His heavy documented clang precocious successful the 2021 title-deciding expansive prix successful Abu Dhabi led to a barrage of online hatred and adjacent decease threats, impacting his intelligence wellness significantly.

Latifi adjacent hired bodyguards for a travel helium had to London with his partner.

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While Latifi hasn't finished a contention higher than 12th this season, teammates Albon and Nyck de Vries person some scored points for Williams.

Test and reserve operator de Vries is gunning for the vacant spot and has a caller awesome show backing his bid, having finished ninth successful the Italian Grand Prix successful Albon's place.

"On behalf of the full team, I would similar to accidental an tremendous convey you to Nicholas for his 3 years of hard enactment with Williams," Williams brag Jost Capito said.

"He is simply a large squad subordinate who has a large cognition towards his colleagues and work, and is well-liked and respected passim the business.

"Our clip unneurotic is present coming to an end, but I cognize helium volition enactment afloat effort successful to maximise what we tin bash unneurotic for the remainder of this season.

"We privation him each the precise champion of luck for his future, some successful and retired of the cockpit."

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