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Nicholas Latifi believes that now he has an upgraded Williams chassis, he is showing he deserves to stay for a fourth season in F1.

A perennial backmarker since being given his Williams chance in 2020, Latifi has scored points in only two of his 52 starts so far – at back-to-back races in Hungary and Belgium last year.

He has never had the car to greatly improve on that record, but was outperformed in 2020 and 2021 by George Russell and the same is happening this time around with his new team-mate Alex Albon.

All three of Williams’ points this term have been scored by Albon, with Latifi’s best finish being 12th in the British Grand Prix.

However, the Canadian senses improvement since the FW44 has been upgraded and can point to setting the quickest time in FP3 on a drying track and a fastest sector in Q1, both at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Although many pundits feel the 27-year-old’s time in F1 is drawing to a close due to his lack of achievement, the driver himself does not see it that way.

“I feel much more comfortable in the position I’m in, showing up at the weekends knowing, okay, if I drive the way I know I can drive and get as much as I can out of the car, then the performance is where it needs to be – which I think is deserving of staying in F1,” Latifi told Motorsport.com.

“Whereas obviously at the