The Williams chassis crashed by Alex Albon on the first lap of the Formula 1 Japanese GP is being returned to the factory for repairs.
The chassis suffered damage to the front-right when Albon speared under the tyre wall after making contact with the RB of Daniel Ricciardo. The team, which will be without a spare until the Miami GP, remains confident that it can be repaired successfully and shipped to Shanghai for the Chinese GP. It was the third major accident suffered by the team in two weekends.
It takes longer for the first ones as you get used to the process. “Clearly, we don't have the whole organisation just working on that, we're working at the same time on spares and updates, and trying to get the throughputs. “In our particular case clearly we have never had the intention of being here without three chassis, the intention was to have three right at the beginning of the year.
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