Emilia Romagna GP: Williams Racing struggles in qualifying
By Williams Racing
May 19 2024
After an encouraging FP3 the Williams Racing Team would go into qualifying for the 2024 Emilia Romagna GP with a sense of optimism but the track conditions in particular the wind would change between the sessions seeing both Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant struggle in particular with the final series of corners. Both Alex and Logan would suffer from lap time deletions as a result of running wide but for Logan his would lose his final lap time seeing him end the session with no time against his name. For Alex he was able to make it through to Q2 and would finish in 14th. For both Alex and Logan Sundays race will be a difficult one especially if the track conditions still work against them. Add into the mix the possibility of rain late in the race. But still there are opportunities in the race so the team is still hopeful.
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Williams Racing
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Qualifying |
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Logan Sargeant: "It’s
been a tricky weekend so far. The wind has been changing over the course
of the two days and there was a track reset before Qualifying as there
was quite a bit less grip than FP3, which was catching people out,
including myself. Not every weekend is going to be easy; this track in
particular poses a lot of challenges – it’s an old school track so
there’s bumps, it’s tight, and it’s fine margins out there. Nonetheless,
we’ve stuck with it well and I’ve been improving session after session.
I’m focusing on doing my best and we’ll maximise what we can tomorrow." |
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Alex Albon:
"All weekend, the car has felt great with the balance being where
we want it, however going into Qualifying, the track changed for me
massively. Ahead of FP3, we tried some slight positive differences with
the setup, but in Qualifying the wind picked up and the tyres heated up,
so I just lost a lot of lap time on those last two corners. It’s not
ideal but I’m generally happy with my lap as I thought I would’ve been
out in Q1 with how much the car changed for me in between sessions. The
race will be tricky if I’m still struggling in those last corners, so
hopefully, the weather will work in our favour tomorrow." |
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Sven Smeets Sporting Director:
"After FP3 both drivers were happy with the balance and the setup of the
car, but we knew it was going to be very tight in the midfield to get
out of Q1. The wind and track conditions changed a bit between FP3 and
Qualifying and seemingly not in our favour. Alex just managed to get
into Q2 and had a good last lap, but not good enough for Q3. It will be
a difficult race tomorrow but there is still a slight chance for a local
shower in the later part of the race, so there are still opportunities
ahead." |
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Track: Autodromo Enzo e Dino
Ferrari, Italy |
Lap Length: 4.909 km |
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Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
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14 |
A Albon |
Williams Racing |
1:16.524 |
1:16.200 |
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20 |
L Sargeant |
Williams Racing |
DNF |
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