Williams F1 promises everything is okay, will test in Bahrain

We have received the James Vowles follow-up I requested on the problems that led to Williams missing the first extensive testing session of 2026 F1 cars. He obfuscated and dissimulated when asked if the rumors were true about the car failing crash tests or being overweight, but he does consider whatever happened to be a hiccup that will not prevent Williams from making it to the main pre-season test in Bahrain

The one concrete takeaway I have is that the ultimate problem was running out of parts, and that it would have been too disruptive to operations to drop everything, fix the problems, and make the Barcelona test. I am willing to accept that this sounds like the team knows what needs to happen and is just having trouble at the last mile of making it happen, and I will not be surprised if everything is fine by Bahrain.