2024 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix Highlights

 

Williams Racing

 

Alex Albon finished P15 with Logan Sargeant in P20 at the 2024 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Alex would pit once more and Logan twice, but the pair would have a quiet second half to proceedings, coming home an eventual P15 and P20.

Alex Albon

The car itself was okay, but we were far behind. We had issues the whole race with things that, if we had done more running in testing, we would’ve been able to avoid. We were overheating the entire race and were down on power, so hopefully, we can take a look at the data and arrive in Jeddah in better shape. Our pace relative to the others is quite similar, so that midfield battle is close and will be tough.

Logan Sargeant

It was frustrating as we had the steering wheel electronics issue yesterday in Qualifying and then it returned today. The most important thing is that we need to understand the root cause of this and get it fixed going forward. We had a really good first lap and a great opening stint and made some good gains and it felt like it was coming to me before we had the issue. We were struggling a little with PU temp which meant I couldn’t stay close to the cars ahead, so it was just a bit of a disappointing evening. There’s nothing we can’t fix, but we need to understand everything moving forward.

Dave Robson – Head of Vehicle Performance

We were dealing with issues on both cars from very early in the race and never really gave either driver an opportunity to push hard. In close traffic, we were running the PUs at their temperature limits, and we had to manage this carefully. Logan suffered from another electronic issue, which caused him to flat-spot his tyres and led to him changing the steering wheel at the pit stop. There are clearly issues that we need to rectify fully before next Saturday when we race in Jeddah. As we saw yesterday, the midfield is very tight and had we done a better job today, there was an opportunity to race for points. Fortunately, we have a chance to come back straight away, resolve the issues and race better in Saudi Arabia.




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