Belgian GP: Another frustrating result for Williams Racing
By Williams Racing
July 31 2023
The 2023 Belgian GP would see the Williams Racing Team come away with zero points from a race that the team expected to perform well in. Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant would finish in 14th and 17th positions in a frustrating race. At the start both Alex and Logan would make good starts and be running quite high in the order but as the race progressed both drivers would suffer from higher than expected tyre degradation which would ultimately see them forced to make a third pit stop seeing them drop well down the results. The race had some memorable moments for the team and fans but it again unfortunately showed the cars weaknesses. Hopefully after the summer break the team can come back stronger.
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Williams Racing
Belgian GP
Race Review |
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Logan Sargeant:
"It was a really good first 4 or 5 laps. I think we left that first
stop too late and pretty much got undercut from where we were to the
back, so that was a bit disappointing. Once we were on the Medium tyre,
we really struggled with degradation and I don’t think it helped where
we came out, as we came straight out into a fight. It was a tough day
for both of us, so need to go away and look at why this happened. This
weekend obviously hasn’t panned out how we expected, so it’s
disappointing but we’ll regroup, take this break and come back refreshed
and ready for more." |
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Alex Albon:
"I had a good start today; however, I was almost surprised I fell
out of the points in the mid stint, but I was just struggling so much
with degradation. The whole weekend was tricky, and the race was just
the same. We’re running low downforce, which is fun but going through
sector two, it degs the tyres so much. The amount of deg was a bit of a
wakeup call, particularly on that Medium tyre. I was having to over-push
the tyre to stay in front in sector two and as soon as I tried to manage
the tyre, I was immediately under fire from cars behind, so it’s a
vicious cycle. I think we need to go away and work out why we struggled
so much this weekend, as at the end of the day, this downforce is going
to be similar to Monza and that’s our next occasion to likely score
points. We’ll need to make sure we learn from this weekend, so when we
come back to tracks that suit us, we don’t have this problem again." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"Another
tricky day, which started very well with Alex executing some very good
overtakes and making strong progress. He was able to back this up during
the 2nd stint and seemed to have things under control. The third stint
was much more difficult with higher tyre degradation than expected, in
part due to racing hard with the quicker Alpines. We opted to make a
third stop, which led to some more overtaking but a frustrating result.
degradation
Logan’s pace and tyre management compared very well to Alex’s but he
wasn’t quite able to make the same progress on track in the opening
stint, which made the subsequent stints more difficult. There were some
good aspects to today, but the race also highlighted some weaknesses of
the car, which we are working on." |
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Track: Circuit de
Spa-Francorchamps |
Lap Length: 7.004 km |
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Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Time/Gap (Fastest Lap) |
Grid |
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14 |
A ALBON |
Williams Racing |
+96.184 (1:49.841) |
16 |
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17 |
L SARGEANT |
Williams Racing |
+104.476 (1:50.486) |
18 |
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