Since 1995, the first season after Senna’s death at Imola driving a Williams FW16, the team had been displayed the Senna S logo on the nose of its car to honour the Brazilian.
It continued that tradition last season, but when the Grove team revealed the striking blue livery of its new-for 2022 FW44 car, it appeared the Senna logo had finally been removed.
When asked about the decision, team boss Capito said the team wanted to “move on” and stop reminding its drivers of what happened at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Instead, Capito said that the team now owned by Dorilton Capital after it bought out the founding Williams family in 2020 will continue to honour Senna with a dedicated space in its museum.
“The decision was that we want to move on in the future,” Capito said.
“We have a new era, we have a new car. And we refurbished also our museum, and where we have a special area to celebrate Ayrton.
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