2024 Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix Highlights

 

Williams Racing

 

Williams Racing ended the 2024 Mexico City GP with Franco Colapinto crossing the line in P12, while Alex Albon’s race was over on the first lap.
The stewards hit Franco with a post-race 10-second penalty, but his advantage over Estaban Ocon behind meant no change to his classification.

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Alex Albon

It was a tricky one today. We didn’t have the best launch, and everyone was fighting for the same position into Turn 1, so it’s unfortunate that we got squeezed with nowhere to go, but that’s racing. It’s been a tough few weeks with multiple incidents and some bad timing, so we need to find a way to bounce back. Looking at the positives, we’ve learned a lot this weekend and finally started to understand and correct some balance issues we’ve been struggling with over the last few races. I also think we could’ve scored points today, so hopefully, we can turn things around and focus on Brazil, the last race of the triple-header.

Franco Colapinto

We had a good race today, but starting from P16 with a McLaren and a Red Bull behind me, it would always be tricky. After yesterday’s Qualifying, it was difficult as we suffered a lot with the rear tyres. However, we did an excellent job in maximising what we had and managing with the tools available to fix the balance. Overall, it was well done but not enough for points. We’ll turn our focus to Brazil, where we’ll aim to fight for points as a team.

Sven Smeets, Sporting Director:

Like last week, we decided to split the cars on different start tyres, with Alex starting on the Medium tyre and Franco on the Hard. Unfortunately, Alex’s race was over before it began after being squeezed under braking into Turn 1 by Gasly and Tsunoda, meaning immediate retirement. There was nothing Alex could’ve done to avoid the accident, and it’s disappointing for him, especially since he was in a great position to fight for points today.
For Franco, he had a good race but unfortunately couldn’t climb into the points and had to settle for P12 after some big fights on track with other cars. It was a difficult and frustrating afternoon for the team, especially knowing that the car had the pace to fight for points. We will now regroup and put our full focus on Brazil, which will be the second Sprint Race of this triple-header.