Roy Nissany - Is this what Williams are reduced to?

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Roy Nissany took the wheel of the 2019 Williams today for another half day of testing in Abu Dhabi.

He ended up 6.5 seconds off the pace and 3.5 seconds off Williams' other driver; Nicholas Latifi.

I thought his name was familiar, so some simple Googling reveals that Roy is the son of Chanoch Nissany.

Having started racing at the age of 38; Chanoch famously made a deal to be Minardi's test driver in 2005 and was the team's third driver in Hungary that year.
At the age of 42, he took the wheel for Friday practice at the Hungaroring and was almost 13 seconds off the pace.


Now, we all know that Minardi were fairly desperate in the Paul Stoddart days but are Williams in such dire straits that they're offering glorified track days to rich kids with little talent?

Lance Stroll may have paid his way in, but at least he can drive respectably.

Sad times.