Saudi Arabian GP: Williams Racing Grand Prix Preview
By Williams Racing
March 6 2024
After the frustrations of the Bahrain GP for the Williams Racing Team they now move to Jeddah for the 2024 Saudi Arabian GP. The team has been working hard in resolving the issues that impacted both Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant's race in Bahrain. Going to a new track it again will be interesting to see how the FW46 performs on this flowing Jeddah track. Given the diappointment of Bahrain the Williams team is hopeful of securing a posiitve result.
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
We had some issues last week in Bahrain, including the PU cooling and
steering wheel problems. We have used the few days before the event in
Jeddah to resolve these issues and we go into this race more confident
with the FW46.
The midfield was incredibly tight in Bahrain, and it will be interesting
to see how this evolves as we move to a very different challenge here in
Saudi Arabia. The Jeddah Corniche circuit is fast and flowing and poses
very different questions of the drivers and cars than the circuit in
Sakhir.
Pirelli bring the middle of their compound range to this event, which is
another significant change from last week. It is likely that we will see
all teams lower their drag level and this may change the order of the
midfield come race day.
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Logan
Sargeant:
We’ve used the time between Bahrain and Saudi to understand and address
the issues we encountered last weekend. Despite the problems, there are
positives from start of the race that we can build on coming into round
two. From my experience, Jeddah is one, if not the fastest street
circuit on the calendar with multiple quick corners and little room for
error. The midfield battle looks tight after the first race with very
little separating the teams. We’ve got a great opportunity to bounce
back straight away and have a positive result.
Alex
Albon:
After a disappointing first race, it’s nice to get right back into it
and put our efforts into this week. Jeddah is a fun track and all about
confidence with its fast and flowing nature. It’ll be interesting to go
to another circuit and see how the FW46 performs. Hopefully we can take
the learning's from Bahrain and put them to use this weekend in the
midfield fight. |
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Race Data
Thursday
Practice 1: 16:30 - 17:30
Practice 2: 20:00 - 21:00
Friday:
Practice 3: 16:30 - 17:30
Qualifying: 20:00 – 21:00
Saturday:
Race: 20:00 |
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