Belgian GP: Up and down Friday for Williams Racing


By Williams Racing
July 27 2024

Friday practice for the 2024 Belgian GP was very much an up and down couple of sessions for the Williams Racing Team. The opening Friday session would see Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant finish 3rd and 15th. The 3rd for Alex was especially encouraging but things would all change come the second session as Alex and Logan would finish 17th and 18th. Despite the team been able to get through their test program the team would still come away with a lot of overnight work to do to fix aspects of the cars performance. On top of this is the possible complication of wet weather at the track on Saturday.

 
 Williams Racing Belgian Grand Prix Friday Practice
Sargeant
 

Sargeant 

Logan Sargeant:
"It hasn’t been an easy day. I feel like I was missing something personally, which I was starting to find by the end of FP2, so it’s trending in the right direction at least, but we have our work cut out. We will keep chipping away at it and get the car into a better window. Tomorrow still looks tricky as it looks like it will be wet, so this weekend is far from over. The weather throws a new curveball, and you never know what that will bring."

Albon 
 

Alex Albon:
"The car felt fine today; FP1 was really strong but not as representative of our actual pace. FP2, we reversed in the time sheets, but I think we’re somewhere in between. We had a good stint on the Mediums, then we put the softs on and had a lot of traffic and messy running around us, but I don’t think we’re in a bad position despite some areas we need to improve. Looking to tomorrow, I think with some setup and tyre work we’ll be in the fight for Q3 but let’s see."

 

Smeets

Sven Smeets Sporting Director:
"
Today we were able to test everything we wanted in both Free Practice sessions. Alex was fairly happy straight away with the car and has a few areas he wants to improve for tomorrow. Logan wasn’t happy with the car but after good work with his team, he made a good step in the right direction after completing FP2. Tonight, there is still work to do to improve the car, but we are in Spa and inevitably the weather will change drastically for tomorrow. Rain is expected which will make things more complicated but will also create opportunities, so we have to be on it from FP3 onwards."

 
Albon
 
Sargeant
 
Practice Classification
 
Driver   FP1 FP2
A. Albon   1:44.099 (3rd)       1:43.892 (17th)
L Sargeant   1:45.311 (15th) 1:44.226 (18th)
Albon
 

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