Williams Racing couldn’t quite make it two consecutive point-scoring days across the Qatar Grand Prix weekend in one of the most physically demanding Sundays this year.
Alex Albon
Firstly, I’m glad Logan is okay, as it’s never easy to retire from a race. I think this race goes down as one of the toughest of the year, as I suffered from heat exposure myself. Our pace was pretty strong, but I need to review what happened, as we were in what felt like a good position, but we ended up falling out of the points. We also struggled with a bit of an overheating cockpit, so we’ll also need to review this. The gap with our competitors is closing, so it’s a tough weekend to walk away from, but we’ll review the data and see what happened.
Logan Sargeant
The main thing is Alex and I are both OK. I’ve been feeling unwell all week, which didn’t help with the dehydration in this heat.
“The last thing I wanted to do was retire the car, but I had to put my health first. Sorry to the team for not being able to reach the finish line. They’ve done an incredible job all weekend in these intense conditions. I’ll be taking next week to fully recover and then bounce back in Austin, which I’m really looking forward to.
Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance
Despite the evening race, it was hot and humid, nonetheless. Racing in these conditions at this high-speed circuit is very physical for the drivers and leads to them both ending the race dehydrated. Given the build-up to the race and our performance in the Sprint Race yesterday, we were probably expecting a little bit more today, but we were never quite able to find Alex the free air he needed to make really good progress. Being held up by Hulkenberg early in the race after he started in the wrong grid position did not help us in this regard. Logan has driven very well all weekend and shown a good pace, especially in the tricky conditions we had on Friday. It was a shame that we didn’t get to see his full pace today after he was forced to retire.
We now look forward to the triple header, which begins in Austin, before we move on to Mexico and Brazil.
Williams F1 Team best pictures:
Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams Racing.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Friday 6th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Alexander Albon (THA) Williams Racing.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Friday 6th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Alexander Albon (THA) Williams Racing.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Saturday 7th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Alexander Albon (THA) Williams Racing.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Saturday 7th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams Racing.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Sunday 8th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams Racing.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Sunday 8th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
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