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Williams boss James Vowles explains Albon’s struggles and the impact of Sargeant’s crash in F1 Miami Grand Prix

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Coming off a disappointing Miami Grand Prix Williams team boss James Vowles explained the issues that caused Alexander Albon in both qualifying and the race. In the YouTube series aptly named ‘The Vowles Verdict’ on the team’s official channel, he revealed the Thai suffered extensive floor damage after he hit the same bollard, or what…

Sainz, Magnussen and Stroll handed post-race penalties at the F1 Miami GP

James O'Connor8 months ago09 mins

Carlos Sainz has received a penalty for making contact with Oscar Piastri during the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday. On lap 34, things got really close between the pair as they battled for P4. Sainz tried to go around the outside into turn 11 but was aggressively shown to the run off by the Aussie…

There was “almost race management going on in your qualifying laps trying to keep the tyres alive” — Albon unimpressed with Pirelli F1 tyres at Miami GP

James O'Connor8 months ago8 months ago08 mins

Alex Albon starts P14 for the Miami Grand Prix as Williams continues to languish towards the back of the field this year. Only Sauber was slower on raw pace as Bottas and Guanyu got knocked out in Q1. The Thai driver was far from happy with how the tyres behaved in Shanghai. Once again, he…

Former Red Bull F1 drivers discuss “very inspiring” Adrian Newey as he departs next year

Luke-John Buckle8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Adrian Newey will leave Red Bull in early 2025 after a hugely successful stint at the team after joining in 2006, winning 13 F1 titles. The Briton has been integral to the Austrian outfit’s success, leading Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen to a combined seven championships. Multiple former Red Bull drivers praised the 65-year-old including…

Albon hopes Williams can now start “to focus on upgrades and general development” as spare chassis arrives for F1 Miami GP

James O'Connor8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Williams heads into this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix with a spare chassis for the first time in the 2024 season. Logan Sargeant missed the Australian Grand Prix in late March as Alex Albon crashed his car in FP1 and was given the Floridian’s FW46 for the remainder of the weekend once FP2 had been completed…

Albon: FW46 “more raceable” compared to its predecessor, but the pace of Haas F1 a “surprise”

James O'Connor8 months ago8 months ago07 mins

It’s been a tough start to the 2024 F1 season for Williams Racing. As well as not scoring a point yet, the team has failed a lot of scrutiny as not having a spare chassis meant they could only race one car in Melbourne following Alex Albon’s massive FP1 shunt. Sargeant and Albon’s crashes at…

Albon unimpressed with “painful” Pirelli tyre performance at F1 Chinese GP

Magdalena Put8 months ago03 mins

Williams driver Alex Albon was unimpressed with the performance of Pirelli’s tyres in China, calling the experience “painful.” Albon pinned the extreme tyre degradation on Pirelli’s decision to raise the minimum front tyre pressures to 27psi for the Chinese Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton made similar remarks after the race. “The undercut here was huge,” Albon…

F1 Chinese GP | FP1 | Stroll leads Piastri and Verstappen as grass catches fire

James O'Connor8 months ago8 months ago06 mins

The Haas of Kevin Magnussen posted the first time of the session as he logged a 1:41.422 on mediums. Home hero Zhou Guanyu was tentative on his first attempt, posting a 1:42.487. On his first lap, Max Verstappen clocked a 1:39.497, going fastest by over a second from Pierre Gasly. Unsurprisingly with surface changes and…

Albon and Sargeant credit Williams in preparing both cars ahead of F1’s return to Shanghai

Ryan McGahey8 months ago8 months ago06 mins

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s triumphant return to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix, Williams’ drivers Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant express their gratitude to the engineers for preparing both cars following a number of incidents. Following Alex Albon’s crash in Melbourne as well as teammate Logan Sargeant’s crash in FP1 ahead of the Japanese…

Albon admits it’s a “tough time” for Williams F1 as the team goes through a “character-building” phase

James O'Connor8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

It has been a brutal start to the 2024 Formula One for Williams Racing. In Bahrain and Saudi Arabia they failed to score points. Much worse was to follow from there, however. During first practice at Albert Park for the Australian Grand Prix last month, Alex Albon had a big crash at turn 7. Such…