Williams has abandoned plans to run its new car for the 2019 F1 season in a filming day this weekend.

The team confirmed in a statement to RaceFans it had decided not to conduct the planned first run of the FW42 in a filming day on Saturday due to the late completion of the car.

“As anyone would expect, we have had an extremely aggressive engineering programme over the winter,” said deputy team principal Claire Williams.

“As such, we have taken the decision not to run our car during our filming day this weekend in order to allow the team to maximise the time at the factory before we head to Barcelona for the first day of the test on February 18th.”

Williams presented its new title sponsor and livery in an event at its factory on Monday. The livery was revealed on the team’s 2018 car fitted with a 2019-specification front wing.

The new FW42, which uses a Mercedes power unit, was fired up for the first time on Monday.

Video: Williams presents new livery and title sponsor for 2019

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