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Albon crash sets Latifi back for Williams upgrade

Nicholas Latifi may have to wait until after F1's summer break to get his hands on the revised FW44 after Alex Albon's crash left the team facing a parts shortage. Williams introduced a heavily upgraded car at the British Grand Prix but only had enough parts for one car, Albon getting the nod ahead of his team-mate. That decision was based on their rankings in the points, Albon with three points on the board and Latifi yet to get off the mark. Williams never had the opportunity to see how the revised car would do in race conditions in the dry with Albon suffering a heavy crash on the opening lap. The Thai-British driver was clipped by Sebastian Vettel as a crash further up the order forced...
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