British GP: Positive Friday for Williams Racing
By Williams Racing
July 6 2024
Friday practice for the 2024 British GP would see the Williams Racing Team come away with what was described as a positive day. The final Friday session would see Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant finish 13th and 17th. For Alex he would make significant changes to his cars setup over the sessions which produced an improvement, but he still said there was work to do. For Logan he would have to miss FP1 as he was replaced by Academy driver Franco Colapinto as part of the FIA yound driver program. Having missed FP1 Logan had to quickly get up to speed in FP2 but at the end would say there was still work to do both in regards to the car and also insde the cockpit. Despite this positive start there is also the issue of weather to be considered as it was quite changeable.
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Williams Racing
British Grand Prix Friday
Practice |
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Logan Sargeant:
"My first time missing FP1, so I knew I was going to have to make
the step up quickly in FP2 and I feel like we did that. I came out the
gate strong on low fuel which was positive. I feel like we were
immediately in a good place with some clear little bits to work on. High
fuel is a bit of a different story as there’s definitely work to do from
my side. Hopefully we can have a better weekend, but we’ll have to wait
and see when everyone goes for it tomorrow. Overall, today’s been a
pretty strong start." |
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Alex Albon:
"A mixed day overall. Long runs are looking promising, and the car
feels good to drive relative to last year. As a Qualifying car, there’s
some work to do. We experimented quite a lot with set-up and tyres
between the two sessions, and we haven't quite got the right balance
yet. We'll look at the data tonight and come back stronger. With a bit
of British weather and some fine-tuning, I think we're in with a chance
of Q3 tomorrow." |
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Franco Colapinto:
"My first FP1 done! I enjoyed every lap, every corner of it, and I
did the best I could. It was an amazing experience. There was much more
on the table, and I couldn't maximise some corners, which I was getting
better at on the long runs, but of course it's difficult on old tyres.
I'm delighted that Williams has given me this opportunity, the support
that I've received from the team has been on another level. I'm super
proud of what we've achieved, but now I need to keep working so I can
get back here one day." |
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Sven Smeets Sporting Director:
"Overall,
it has been a positive day today. Earlier this afternoon, we had Franco
doing his first FP1 for us and he did a solid job, improving his lap
times every time he left the garage. He then qualified 4th in F2
Qualifying an hour later so he can look back on a good day.
Alex changed the set-up of the car quite significantly between FP1 and
FP2 and this had a positive effect on the performance of the car,
especially on the long runs. They seemed competitive this afternoon, but
we still have some issues with the balance of the car on low fuel, so we
need to improve that overnight ahead of FP3.
Logan got up to speed quickly after missing FP1 and is reasonably happy
with the car on low fuel but was missing some performance in the race
run. We will be working hard tonight to find some extra performance for
tomorrow. The weather forecast is changing nearly every hour so there is
everything to play for in Qualifying." |
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Practice Classification |
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FP1 |
FP2 |
| A. Albon |
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1:28.649 (16th)
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1:27.645 (13th) |
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| L Sargeant |
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1:27.809 (17th) |
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| F Colapinto |
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1.29.078 (18th) |
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