Formulation 2 racer Ticktum first linked up with Williams’ academy in December 2019 as growth driver, having exited Pink Bull’s junior crew halfway by way of that 12 months.
However it emerged on Tuesday that the 22-year-old was launched from Williams’ younger driver academy final week, with Ticktum claiming it was as a result of there was “no choice for an F1 seat in 2022 for me”.
“Thanks to Williams for the chance,” Ticktum wrote on Instagram. “Hope to work collectively sooner or later.”
It leaves Jack Aitken, Jamie Chadwick and Roy Nissany because the remaining members of the Williams driver academy. Aitken is the one one at the moment holding an FIA superlicence, having made a one-off grand prix look with Williams in Sakhir final 12 months.
The crew is understood to be contemplating quite a few drivers for a race seat in 2022, and is about to postpone any choice till after Mercedes makes a name on George Russell’s future.
Ticktum gained the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award – now often called the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award – in 2017, and sits fourth on this 12 months’s F2 standings, having scored one win in Monaco and 4 additional podium finishes.
Dan Ticktum, Carlin
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The information of Ticktum’s exit comes days after he was heard making vital remarks about Williams driver Nicholas Latifi whereas enjoying a online game on a dwell stream on his Twitch channel.
Ticktum sang a rhyme wherein he known as Latifi “poo”, and responded to a comment that he was solely in F2 and that Latifi was in F1 by saying: “He’s older than me, he paid to get there.”
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Ticktum continued: “It’s not like divisions, it’s not like League 1 and the Premier League. That’s not the way it works. You come up by way of the ranks, like, I don’t know, no matter.
“Simply since you don’t get to Formulation 1 in motorsport doesn’t imply you weren’t adequate to get there.”
However Ticktum wrote on Instagram that he and Williams parted methods “earlier than the latest Latifi associated incident, simply so folks know.”