FIRST LOOK: New Williams FW44 hits the track in Silverstone shakedown

We've seen the showcar sporting their bold new livery but Williams have now revealed images of their FW44 on track at Silverstone. Nicholas Latifi and new team mate Alex Albon shared duties on Tuesday afternoon.

It wasn't the sunniest of welcomes but Williams brightened up the day by taking their FW44 to the track, Silverstone's damp circuit the setting as the brand new navy blue machine made its debut.

The Grove squad's debut run followed Aston Martin, who hit the same track with their AMR22 on February 12.

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Alfa Romeo also gave their 2022 contender, the C42, its first run at Fiorano on Tuesday. The car was dressed in a special camouflage livery for new recruit Valtteri Bottas to make his maiden outing in the team's 2022 car.

Watching on was Team Principal Frederic Vasseur, Technical Director Jan Monchaux and Bottas's 2022 team mate Zhou Guanyu.

Alfa Romeo will officially launch their season and livery on February 27 – two days after three days of track running at Barcelona starting February 23.

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