Hungarian GP: Tough qualifying for Williams F1 Team


By Williams F1 Team
July 26 2026

In what has been described by both Atlassian Williams F1 Team drivers, Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, as a tough weekend the 2026 Hungarian GP weekend has seen both drivers struggle across all the practice sessions. And this would continue from practice and into qualifying with Carlos only managing 18th and Alex one place behind in 19th. It could only be described as one of the poorest results so far in 2026. Across their practice sessions and qualifying both drivers would complain of a car that was inconsistent in its ontrack behaviour. And to make it even more frustrating the team has been struggling to understand the reasons behind these issues. Such is the situation it is going to be a very tough race on Sunday for the team and drivers.

 
 Atlassian Williams F1 Team Hungarian GP Qualifying Review
 
Albon
 
Albon

Alex Albon:
"We expected a tough weekend, but the car felt very different from yesterday and we're still struggling to pinpoint the reason for these inconsistencies between sessions. Over the last few races, we've got a better understanding of which parts aren't performing, but it's still hard to answer why. Aston have taken a big step forward this weekend, which has been something we’ve needed to factor in. Carlos and I have had different issues over the weekend, which we'll be looking into ahead of tomorrow's race, and we'll see what we can do."
Sainz

Carlos Sainz:
"Tough weekend. The balance of the car was different in each session, and on my side of the garage, we had some issues at the rear of the car which made the car unpredictable and difficult to find the optimal setup. Even if we had optimised everything, I think this is the maximum that was possible today in terms of grid position for tomorrow."
 
Sainz
 
Albon
 
Track: Hungaroring, Hungary | Lap Length: 4.381km
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
18 C Sainz Williams Racing 1:20.621 - -
19 A Albon Williams Racing 1:20.658 - -
 
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