Brazilian GP: Sprint sees Williams Racing struggle


By Williams Racing
November 13 2022

The Sprint for the 2022 Brazilian GP would see the Williams Racing Team come away with just about the worst result imagineable with Alex Albon retiring and Nicholas Latifi finishing 19th and last. Both drivers would struggle with various issues aside from the damage from debris that would see Alex retire. Based off the Sprint performance Sunday's race is going to be a difficult few hours unless the team can do something overnight to recover.

 
  Williams Racing Brazilian GP Sprint Review
 
Albon
Latifi 

Nicholas Latifi:
"It was a very lonely afternoon out there. We found some damage on the rear of the car after FP2, which we fixed before the sprint race. However, after two or three laps the car began to feel difficult again. I ran over some debris as well, which caused some significant damage to the floor."

 
Albon

Alex Albon:
"I don’t know what happened to be honest, but I think it was the debris caused by Fernando and Ocon on the main straight. Ultimately, from Withe start it was not good with low grip and front locking every corner for the first laps, so we really need to have a good look at the car overnight."

Robson

Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"The Sprint race was very difficult for both drivers. Alex had a poor start but was starting to get things back under control and was catching the group in front when he ran over some debris, which caused him to retire. Nicholas’s car needed a bit of work to fix an issue from FP2 and his team did a good job to get the car ready. Unfortunately, he struggled for pace throughout the Sprint race and we need to see if there is anything we can do to recover some of this for tomorrow."

 

Latifi

 
Albon
 

Track: Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Brazil Lap

Length: 4.309 km
         
19 N LATIFI Williams Racing +76.850 (1:16.525) 16
DNF A ALBON Williams Racing DNF 11
 
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