2024 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Highlights

Williams Racing leave the Jeddah Corniche Circuit without any points but can take heart from two spirited drives by Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant, who finished P11 and P14 in the final classification.

Alex Albon

Williams Racing leave the Jeddah Corniche Circuit without any points but can take heart from two spirited drives by Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant, who finished P11 and P14 in the final classification.

Logan Sargeant

It was a decent race with a good 35 laps; however, we didn’t quite have the pace needed for the last 15 laps. I was starting to explore the potential towards the end of the race, but it was a bit too late. If I’d have realised the potential earlier, we could have picked more off, but I’ll look through it and see what I can do better. With the pace improving throughout the race, we can unlock more potential for Australia.

Dave Robson – Head of Vehicle Performance

Today was one of those incredibly frustrating races. Alex had a superb start and was ahead of the Ferrari but got caught in traffic at T1 and, crucially, lost a place to Magnussen. Most of the field pitted when the safety car came out, and when Alex made a pass on Magnussen shortly after the race start, he was unfairly impeded, which Magnussen was penalised for, but it cost us several places and caused damage to the front wing end plate. Despite the damage, Alex could attack and overtake several cars but could not take the final points-scoring position due to the sensible team play made by Haas.

Logan raced well today and was part of the same pack of cars as Alex for the majority of the race. His pace was strong, but he suffered slightly higher tyre degradation than Alex in the final stint.

Although we are frustrated to have finished just outside the points, today’s positives include the FW46’s essential race pace.

We have learned a lot over the last couple of weeks in the Middle East, and the team can regroup in Europe before heading to Australia for the third round of the Championship. Melbourne is always one of the season’s highlights, and we look forward to building on the work done in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

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