Hungarian GP: Frustrating Qualifying for Williams Racing


By Williams Racing
July 21 2024

Qualifying for the 2024 Hungarian GP would see Alex Albon finish 13th and Logan Sargeant 14th. Despite this positive result it was still a frustrating one as both drivers felt that the session could have been far better. For both Alex and Logan they would suffer from traffic in their Q2 runs so both felt there was more time to be had but unfortunately it did not work out well. Add on to this a mistake from Logan that saw him lock-up and slide into the barrier that did a small amount of damage. Despite the results the team feels that there are still opportunities in Sunday's race as they feel that their performances on longer runs were quite good. 

 
 Williams Racing Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying
Sargeant
 
Sargeant 
 

Logan Sargeant:
"It was an eventful Qualifying. I was really happy with the first lap I did when it was spitting a bit of rain. I wasn’t so happy with my mistake on the second lap, and I must say a big thanks to the team for doing a great job to get the car turned around to go back out again. We had a lot more pace in it in Q2, but I had dirty air in every sector with people staying in front of you longer than they need to and putting dirty air on your front wing. There are tenths in that around this track so it’s excessively detrimental here, especially with the overheating you get. I’m disappointed for myself and for the team as I know we had a lot more in it today, but we’ll move on and fight tomorrow."

Albon

Alex Albon:
"There was definitely more in it today; I got caught in dirty air for most of Q2 and as I was starting my lap, others were on their outlaps, so it was difficult with the traffic. You need everything to align around here, and we didn’t get the most out of it today, so it’s frustrating. It’s going to be a long race tomorrow with the degradation being quite high as we’ve seen from the F2 and F3 races, so there will be a lot of pit stops and just the battle for clean air which is vital around this circuit. It’s frustrating to finish the day like this but we’ll work with what we’ve got tomorrow."

Smeets
 

Sven Smeets Sporting Director:
"The weather made Qualifying a bit more exciting than what many expected today. Light rain on and off made it hard to read the track conditions, but the best moments were probably at the start and end of Q1. Logan’s first timed lap was mega, and this would be enough to move into Q2 whereas Alex made it through with a great lap right at the end. Unfortunately, in Q2 we didn’t get it all right for the push lap, finding too much traffic around the track but both cars are in a good position to fight for points tomorrow. Tyre management, pit stops and finding clean air will be crucial tomorrow as the temperatures should pick up again."

Albon
 
Sargeant
 

Track: Hungaroring, Hungary 

Lap Length: 4.381 km
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
13 A Albon Williams Racing 1:17.280  1:16.429 -
14 L Sargeant Williams Racing 1:17.770   1:16.543 -
 
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