Hungarian GP: No points but strong race for Williams Racing
By Williams Racing
July 24 2023
The 2023 Hungarian GP would see the Williams Racing Team come away with a pointless result but despite this it was still viewed as a strong result. For Alex Albon he would finish 11th, a result that was quite unexpecte dgiven the nature of the track. For Logan Sargeant his race would end in retirement but up to this point he had shown good form as he fought with cars around him. The race certainly showed that the situation regarding to the performance of the FW45 has certainly taken a step forward. Next stop is Spa where the FW45 is expected to perform far better.
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Williams Racing
Hungarian GP
Race Review |
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Logan Sargeant:
"Honestly, I was pretty happy with how the race was going. I think
we got a little bit unlucky with strategy; we had a slow first pitstop
which cost us quite a lot, but all in all the pace was pretty good
considering it’s a track which should have been quite bad for us. For
Alex to be knocking on the door of points should give us a nice appetite
for Spa, where we should be really strong." |
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Alex Albon:
"P11 is quite a surprising result, it was quite a defensive race
which we like to do. We got track position and we were okay; we came
into this circuit knowing it wouldn’t suit us and we qualified where the
pace of the car was. Clean air is so important around here; even though
I pitted early, once I had clean air, I had a lot of laps to bed the
tyre in slowly so once I came out and undercut the other cars, I had
some grip left and could manage them behind me. We’ve highlighted the
areas our car struggles with by coming here, so when the car doesn’t
feel great, it’s still raceable. To finish P11 and almost make Q2
yesterday, it’s a very good sign, so if we can fix these issues, then
we’ll be in a good place across various circuits." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"Today
was exciting and both drivers were able to mount a very strong recovery
from yesterday. Both followed aggressive strategies that allowed us to
be on the attack and whilst it made for a difficult final stint, both
dealt with it very well and showed good pace whilst also managing their
tyres.
Although we didn’t score any points, Alex finishing in 11th place was a
very strong result at a circuit that we expected wasn’t ideally suited
to FW45. We have held on to 7th place in the Championship and collected
another 11th place finish in the process.
It was a shame that Logan
didn’t finish the race, but with a spin a few laps before the end, we
opted to retire the car rather than risk further damage. Until that
point, he was having another strong day and he can continue his good
form into Spa.
We now head to Spa for the final race before the summer shutdown. It is
another sprint event, which will be very interesting given the weather
and general nature of Spa. The car will be in quite a different
configuration than it was this weekend and we hope that at as a result
it will work well in Belgium.
The strong result today was due to some excellent teamwork at the track
and in the factory. We put together a good strategy and although it
asked a lot of the drivers, they delivered strongly." |
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Track: Hungaroring, Hungary
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Lap Length: 4.381 km |
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Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Time/Gap (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
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11 |
A ALBON |
Williams Racing |
+1 LAP (1:24.051) |
16 |
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18 |
L SARGEANT |
Williams Racing |
DNF (1:23.496) |
20 |
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