The weather was mixed in the ninety minute free practice session at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium this morning, so it was a little difficult to see where everybody was. What the rain in the morning did mean was the afternoon was compressed in terms of the teams getting all their work done.

The running Williams did however showed that they are not in their normal competitive position but they tested lots of things throughout the course of the day and have got some direction as a result, so they will now look into this further and do all they can to take a big step tomorrow.

“It was not a good day today,” Nico said. “The car was a long way from the pace and with the weather this morning, we only had one session to try and make a difference, which was not enough given how far behind we were. We made some big changes and we got some answers back, but we need to have a think tonight and try to find a solution.”