Japanese GP: Frustrating race for Williams Racing
By Williams Racing
April 7 2024
The 2024 Japanese GP was another race that would produce a frustrating outcome for the Williams Racing Team. The only driver to finish was Logan Sargeant down in 17th while team-mate Alex Albon's race would end on lap one when he became involved in an incident with Ricciardo that saw Alex crash heavily into the barriers. This would see the race Red Flagged but on the restart Logan would have a positive race until he pitted and after a fractionally slow stop he would lose places and any real opportunity in the race. Later on in his race he would make a mistake that saw he take to the gravel run-off but thankfully he was able to continue. Overall another race with no points and not a lot that the team could take away from it apart from another significant repair bill.
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Williams Racing
Japanese Grand Prix Race |
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Logan Sargeant:
"After that second stop, I was pushing as hard as I could to catch the
group ahead and make something happen. I bottomed on the exit kerb,
locked up and went straight. That moment was disappointing but leading
up to it there were some positives. We had a bold strategy trying to do
the Hard, Hard race which I think would’ve worked. Of course, the lap we
try to pit everyone pits and instead of jumping four cars, we got jumped
by four cars which can make or break a race. Had that gone to plan, the
race would’ve played out very differently. Nonetheless, we tried to
adapt to the situation by boxing again. We still could’ve had a decent
result, but I made that little mistake." |
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Alex Albon:
"I didn’t have a great start but being on the Hard tyres, I had
good traction coming up into Turn 2, but I don’t think Daniel
[Ricciardo] saw me and it was a bit of a pinching moment… I tried to
back out of it but I couldn’t quite get out of the way quick enough.
It’s a tough one to take, so all in all a very frustrating and
disappointing weekend. It wasn’t a big crash but the way I hit the tyre
wall, the car gripped and went under it, and I came to a hard stop
really fast and aggressively, so that won’t help with the damage to the
car. Looking ahead, we’ll assess the damage and get the car ready in
time for China." |
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Track: Jeddah Corniche Circuit,
Saudi Arabia |
Lap Length: 6.174 km |
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Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Times |
Grid |
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17 |
L Sargeant |
Williams Racing |
+1 Lap (1:34.900) |
19 |
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DNF |
A Albon |
Williams Racing |
DNF |
14 |
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